{"product_id":"the-inn-at-lake-devine-9780375704857","title":"The Inn at Lake Devine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"tale of delicious revenge\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) is also \"a punchy little comedy of manners.... Think Jane Austen in the Catskills\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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: \u003ci\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/i\u003e For twelve-year-old Natalie, who has a stubborn sense of justice, the words are not a rebuff but an infuriating, irresistible challenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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--\u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a delightful and provocative romantic comedy full of sparkling social mischief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElinor Lipman is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eOn Turpentine Lane\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe View from Penthouse B\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThen She Found Me\u003c\/i\u003e (a 2008 major motion picture written, directed and starring Helen Hunt); a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eInto Love and Out Again\u003c\/i\u003e; an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eI Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been called \"the diva of dialogue\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"the last urbane romantic\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eBook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said of \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/i\u003e, \"like Jane Austen, the past master of the genre, Lipman isn't only out for laughs. She serves up social satire, too, that's all the more trenchant for being deftly drawn.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Writers on Writing series. She received the New England Booksellers' 2001 fiction award for a body of work and a 2007 lifetime achievement award from NELINET (New England Library and Information Network), \"created to recognize the contributions of an individual associated with New England who has significantly advanced the arts and letters.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410799005970,"sku":"9780375704857","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a454ff70-d346-494b-aade-cb4dc4b58795.jpg?v=1729307588","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-inn-at-lake-devine-9780375704857","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}