After her mother dies, Rice, an awkward but highly imaginative teenager, is sent to live at the Water's Edge, a gloriously ramshackle Bournemouth hotel. There she meets Beatrice, an old school friend of her mother's, and her witchily beautiful daughter, Esther. Rice gradually falls for the world of the hotel - its rhythms and routines, its eccentric guests, and its rich history, which touches upon her own identity. She also begins to fall for Esther. Watching over her like a guardian angel is the figure of Persephone, who each year is washed up to Bournemouth from Hades, and who finds herself equally seduced by the Water's Edge, which for her offers an intriguing window on the mortal world.
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'The Water's Edge is full of surprises...the quirkiness and quiet beauty of its characters...make this an unususal debut' -- The Big Issue, March 10 -16, 2003
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'They were beginning together in a love story that tasted sweet like raspberries and strange like the taste of sea at the back of your mouth. They were beginning in a love story that twisted and turned like a maze at a stately home or bindweed that curls around rosemary bushes. The ending was surprising and not quite what they expected.'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By NB
Format:Hardcover
I read Tondeur's second book last year and loved her thoroughness when it comes to detail - whether it be character traits or surroundings, she conjures up a very real picture, and characters you actually care about.
In this, her debut novel, she starts in the present day with the story of Rice, a successful photographer, who was once orphaned teenager who went to live in a Bournemouth hotel with her mum's estranged friend Beatrice, her mother Maggie and her daughter Esther.
It is a love story, one that takes twists and turns from the present to the past and back again, telling each of the women's stories; first an abridged version, then more in depth, and from different perspectives - this includes Persephone, who returns each year from Hades to keep an eye on the people of the hotel.
The stories of each character are simple but intriguing and I defy anyone to read this and not try to red quicker so you can find out what's going to happen.
I adored her romantic descriptions of being by the sea, and those of the strange world of the hotel, and maybe the only thing that irked a little was that when any minor (male) characters came in, they were flawed beyond redemption, something which totally doesn't apply to the main (female) characters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book though, so go seek it out!
In this, her debut novel, she starts in the present day with the story of Rice, a successful photographer, who was once orphaned teenager who went to live in a Bournemouth hotel with her mum's estranged friend Beatrice, her mother Maggie and her daughter Esther.
It is a love story, one that takes twists and turns from the present to the past and back again, telling each of the women's stories; first an abridged version, then more in depth, and from different perspectives - this includes Persephone, who returns each year from Hades to keep an eye on the people of the hotel.
The stories of each character are simple but intriguing and I defy anyone to read this and not try to red quicker so you can find out what's going to happen.
I adored her romantic descriptions of being by the sea, and those of the strange world of the hotel, and maybe the only thing that irked a little was that when any minor (male) characters came in, they were flawed beyond redemption, something which totally doesn't apply to the main (female) characters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book though, so go seek it out!
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