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Growing Up at Grossinger's

Written by: Tania Grossinger
Narrated by: Laura Giannarelli
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From 1919 to 1986, Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel provided a summer retreat from the city heat for New York's Jews, and entertained the great, the near-great, and the not so great, Jews and Gentiles alike. A melting pot of the Borscht Belt, sports, and show-biz worlds, loyal visitors included Red Buttons, Rocky Marciano, Eddie Fisher, and Jackie Robinson. Tania Grossinger grew up there. In her fascinating insider's account of life in the hospitality industry, she sheds light on how hotel children keep up with the frenetic pace of life, and how they come to grips with the outside world (which intrudes now and again), sex (happening in every room), and, occasionally, their intellectual interests. Growing Up at Grossinger's is both a wonderful coming-of-age story and a sentimental reading of a chapter of the Jewish experience in America that has now closed.

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For some reason, I really enjoy books written about the history and secret lives of hotels. A child growing up in one is a favourite angle, as they see so much through initially innocent eyes, then really understand what is going on later. I particularly like big city hotels, so that’s the only reason this one got lower marks, as it was more of a getaway hotel, but fascinating all the same.

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