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The Inn at Lake Devine

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The Inn at Lake Devine

By: Elinor Lipman
Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
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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.

©2012 Elinor Lipman (P)2023 Dreamscape Media
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My favorite Elinor Lipman book!

I shrieked with joy when I saw this audiobook had been made! I’ve read The Inn at Lake Devine once every couple of years since its publication, and it’s the book that made me a forever fan of Elinor Lipman. This recording does not disappoint! After all these years this story still makes me smile and laugh out loud and also appreciate how far we’ve come as a society (and how far we still have to go). The narrator did a fine job and I’m so glad that I have it in my audio library now to listen to when I need a familiar friend of a story to enjoy. My only critique is that the dedication was left off the audio recording and I think that added even more poignancy to the story. Overall still an A+ job!!

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