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Original Title: The Inn at Lake Devine
ISBN: 037570485X (ISBN13: 9780375704857)
Edition Language: English
Setting: Pennsylvania(United States)
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The Inn at Lake Devine Paperback | Pages: 253 pages
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Title:The Inn at Lake Devine
Author:Elinor Lipman
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 253 pages
Published:April 27th 1999 by Vintage (first published May 19th 1998)
Categories:Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Literature. Jewish

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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.  

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Few novels manage to combine humor and sadness the way this one does. It touches on anti-Semitism without being heavy-handed, and brings a varied cast of characters to a new understanding of themselves and others. Lipman has a quirky sense of humor and sets up a wonderful premise here in an interesting location. You have to love a protagonist who, learning that a resort on a New England lake doesn't accept Jewish guests, sets out to expose the innkeepers in such an inventive way. There's a

This was a breezy and delightful novel perfect for summer reading. In 1962 Natalie Marxs family is looking for a vacation destination and sends query letters to various different Vermont establishments. The reply they get from the Inn at Lake Devine (proprietress: Ingrid Berry) tactfully but firmly states that the inns regular guests are Gentiles. In other words, no Jews allowed. The adolescent Natalie is outraged, and when the chance comes for her to infiltrate the Inn at Lake Devine as the

Somewhere between two and three stars. I was looking for a light and funny summer read, but this one wasn't quite what I was looking for. The main conflict seems to be the anti-semitism of the matriarch at the Inn, but it doesn't stop any of her three children from becoming romantically involved with nonJews, and her anti-Jewish sentiments are treated as almost funny. Plus, the Central Event that happens fairly early on (no spoiler) is tragic but treated, well, not entirely tragically. For me it

Easy and fast read with a good plot. Unfortunately, romance novels are not my thing.

Funny, dry humored novel with great dialogue, juxtaposed against the more serious theme of anti-Semitism.In the 1960s young Natalie Marx finagles her way into a vacation with the family of a camp bunk mate in order to see for herself the Inn at Lake Devine, a Vermont resort that sent a rude letter to her own mother implying that Jews were not welcome.Ten years later a series of coincidences and events finds post-college Natalie back at the Inn, and enmeshed in the lives of the Inn's owners. The

This book was a very satisfying read. This is a wonderful, almost a comedy of manners, coming of age story. The author shows remarkable perspicacity regarding intergenerational conflict, bigotry, cultural differences, and the eras of the 1960s and 1970s. And I must say Im always a sucker for any good bad mushroom story.The first and shorter Part 1 was my favorite portion. During that section, I was often laughing out loud; it was hilarious. The section would have sufficed as a stand-alone

My heritageI rarely give 5 stars. But this book spoke to me. Natalie, our heroine is the same age as I am, so I completely associated her summer camp experiences. Her Jewish parents who married too young, her realization that there were places Jews were not welcome. Her college years that were the same as mine. I had seen Lipman this year for her new book, On Turpentine Lane, which I loved. And had another in preparation for meeting her. But had never read this book, which is apparently her most