| The Inn at Lake Devine Contributor(s): Lipman, Elinor (Author) |
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ISBN: 037570485X ISBN-13: 9780375704857 Publisher: Random House (NY) OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: It's 1962 and all across America barriers are collapsing. But when Natalie Marx's mother inquires about summer accommodations in Vermont, she gets the following reply: The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922. Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles. For twelve-year-old Natalie, who has a stubborn sense of justice, the words are not a rebuff but an infuriating, irresistible challenge. In this beguiling novel, Elinor Lipman charts her heroine's fixation with a small bastion of genteel anti-Semitism, a fixation that will have wildly unexpected consequences on her romantic life. As Natalie tries to enter the world that has excluded her--and succeeds through the sheerest of accidents--The Inn at Lake Devine becomes a delightful and provocative romantic comedy full of sparkling social mischief. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Romance - Romantic Comedy |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97001307 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.18" W x 7.93" (0.51 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's 1962 and all across America barriers are collapsing. But when Natalie Marx's mother inquires about summer accommodations in Vermont, she gets the following reply: The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922. Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles. For twelve-year-old Natalie, who has a stubborn sense of justice, the words are not a rebuff but an infuriating, irresistible challenge. In this beguiling novel, Elinor Lipman charts her heroine's fixation with a small bastion of genteel anti-Semitism, a fixation that will have wildly unexpected consequences on her romantic life. As Natalie tries to enter the world that has excluded her--and succeeds through the sheerest of accidents--The Inn at Lake Devine becomes a delightful and provocative romantic comedy full of sparkling social mischief. |