Seven years later, he wrote his college essay on his roller coaster obsession.
Good on my word, I take Ben and a buddy to Riverside Park. Again: not pleasure-reading but speed-reading. He didn’t argue it was better than getting on a bus to camp. I moved the goal post: 25 more books and I’d take one of his friends, too. I’d imagined a whole summer of his being occupied, but it was still June. Yes, he devoured books, but the way contestants inhale hot dogs to win Nathan’s annual July Fourth contest at Coney Island. No child has ever read faster, which is not a brag. (rebranded Six Flags New England in 2000), a half-hour from our Northampton home. We strike a deal: If he reads 25 chapter books, I’d take him to what my husband called Ben’s spiritual home, Riverside Park in Agawam, Mass. All rights reserved.My son, Ben, is 10, and though an early reader, not an avid one. "An author who was born with an auto-immune system already primed against clichés and an ear for dialogue sharper than an electronic listening system." The Times (London)Ĭopyright © 2004-2023 Elinor Lipman. "A funny, knowing novel about how love really does conquer all.Thanks to Lipman's deft touch, the novel rivals her own best work for its understanding of the way smart, opinionated people stumble toward happiness." Glamour She manages to wangle an invitation to join a friend on holiday there-and, as her obsession begins with the family that has excluded her, she sets in motion events that will change her life, and which will tie her forever to the once-restricted inn. We were Jews." For twelve-year-old Natalie, the words are an infuriating, irresistible challenge. It was not complicated, as her mother pointed out. It's 1962 and Natalie Marx is shocked when her mother receives this reply to her inquiry about summer accommodation in Vermont: "Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles." Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, iBook, Audio.Home / Library / The Inn at Lake Devine The Inn at Lake Devine
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