Reviews of the New & Original Editions
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"For a fun beach spin with plenty of name-dropping and gobs of mother-daughter angst, Tania Grossinge delivers the goods." jewishblogging.com, August, 2008
"A quick, fun read..a wonderful combination of personal anecdotes and wonderfully nostalgic." Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia), August 7, 2008
"A hoot, a holler and a stroll down memory lane. A delicious memory of an era long gone. Don't miss it!" Roberta Graff, South Shore Record (NY). July 17, 2008.
"And intriguing slice of Jewish Americana." The Jewish Voice and Opinion, (Bergen County, NJ) July, 2008.
"The Happy Pill for 2008! Put on your fun hat! A deft brew of comedy, nostalgia and gossip." Emily Rosen, Deerfield Beach (Fl.) Observer, June 5, 2008
"A rich piece of Americana." Publishers Weekly, June 16, 2008.
"Very charming..wonderful memories...fun to read and hear all those inside stories of the celebrities who went there like Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Robinson." Joan Hamburg, WOR Radio, June 10,2008.
"A fun read, with lots of great hotel gossip, romance and sex!" In the Mountains, Newsletter of The Catskills Institute, December, 2007.
"I loved every minute of it!" Sally Jessy Raphael. TalkNet, XM Satellite Radio ch. 158. June 17, 2008.
"Second helping of Grossinger's hits the spot!" Dozens of celebrities and celebrity anecdotes." The Villager, June 11, 2008.
"A delightful look at how America, especially Jewish America, enjoyed itself before the airplane took us in different directions." Publishers Weekly, April 14, 2008. Editors list of Summer Reads.
"An evocative memoir...wonderful coming of age story of a chapter of the Jewish experience that has now closed." The Riverdale (NY) 'Y' Newlsetter, June 1, 2008.
"This charming memoir...is an affectionate and warm and very enjoyable volume, with some intriguing glimpses of the great, the neargreat and the not so great." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"A shrewd piece of reporting." NEW YORK TIMES
"Delightful ....charming." LIZ SMITH
"To be devoured in one nonstop gulp ...fascinating reading." NEW YORK POST
"Tania Grossinger tells such a human, interesting story ...l found it difficult to place aside when I started reading." ABC Radio
"A revealing anecdotal book of reminiscences ...at her best when introducing the human element." LOS ANGELES TIMES
"This book is charming" SUNDAY DENVER POST
"Delightful ...with humor, irreverence, and a strong dash of sentiment." CELEBRITY BULLETIN, LOS ANGELES
"Makes good reading for Grossinger aficionados as well as those who have never been there." NEW YORK POST
"A Jewish Eloise at the Plaza." THE SENTINEL, CHICAGO
"A touching, amusing, completely intriguing account." THE SUCCESSFUL WOMAN
"A frank, sometimes irreverent account ...filled with many humorous incidents." DES MOINES REVIEW
"Irreverent and unsentimental ...a lively, charming and honest book." JEWISH PRESS FAMILY MAGAZINE, LOS ANGELES
"Delightful... entertaining ...lively and humorous stories ...worthwhile for an evening's leisure reading." DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
"Aside of the resort you will never know when you visit as a guest." WHBI RADIO