It was not complicated, and, as my mother pointed out, not even personal: They had a hotel; they didn’t want Jews; we were Jews…It’s the early 1960s and Natalie Marx is stunned when her mother inquires about vacation accommodations in Vermont and receives a response that says, “The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922. Our guests who … guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles.”
So begins Natalie’s fixation with the Inn and the family who owns it. And when Natalie finagles an invitation to join a friend on vacation there, she sets herself upon a path that will inextricably link her adult life into this peculiar family and their once-restricted hotel.
The Inn at Lake Devine will enchant readers with the beguiling voice, elegant charm, and deft storytelling that have been hallmarks of Elinor Lipman’s previous novels and have made her beloved by her fans. Her characters sparkle on the page and delight us with their wit and grace–even when anti-Semitism rears its head in Vermont and the tables are turned in the Catskills. Elinor Lipman is the undisputed master of the art of screwball comedy.
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Was very different and sort of weird but I really enjoyed itl
Loved this book! Thank you to the author for shedding light on a subject that is almost exclusive to Nazi Germany or holocaust novels. We seem to forget that the struggle for civil rights was not only about African Americans. Anti-Semitism was part of the American culture as well. This was clever, enlightening, funny and painfully true set in a …
Elinor Lipman is one of my all-time favorite writers, any of her novels is an enjoyable read as a stand alone novel.
Easy to love if you’re a New Englander and grew up in the 50’s era. Wonderful memories.