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. For twelve-year-old Natalie, who has a stubborn sense of justice, the words are not a rebuff but an infuriating, irresistible challenge. Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles. 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. It's 1962 and all across America barriers are collapsing. Think Jane Austen in the Catskills" ( Chicago Tribune). Elinor Lipman is the undisputed master of the art of screwball comedy.This "tale of delicious revenge" ( USA Today) is also "a punchy little comedy of manners. 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. 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. 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. So begins Natalie's fixation with the Inn and the family who owns it.
Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles."
Synopsis: 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.
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