Patti M. reviewed on
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I grew up across the river from Palisades Park, and although I never got to go there - we'd visit Rye Playland instead - it was as much a monument in the NYC area as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Except that it was more beautiful and much more exciting.
I loved Toni's story. She was a great heroine, and I loved the very colorful cast of family and friends that completed the cast. I grew up with these same people!
I remember climbing cliffs and swimming in the Hudson. It was a time when we could have colorful mentors like Bunty and Eddie - without question or suspicion.
And I remember how the events of that time affected us all, too, from learning how to duck and cover in case of a nuclear attack to the civil rights movement.
I do agree though, that the star of the book was The Park. And after all those years I finally feel as though I was able to visit.
Even now, whenever I drive the West Side Highway I still look across the Hudson to that spot on top of the Palisades and even though there are a couple of ugly apartment buildings crowning that spot now, I see only the colored lights of Palisades Park.
I loved Toni's story. She was a great heroine, and I loved the very colorful cast of family and friends that completed the cast. I grew up with these same people!
I remember climbing cliffs and swimming in the Hudson. It was a time when we could have colorful mentors like Bunty and Eddie - without question or suspicion.
And I remember how the events of that time affected us all, too, from learning how to duck and cover in case of a nuclear attack to the civil rights movement.
I do agree though, that the star of the book was The Park. And after all those years I finally feel as though I was able to visit.
Even now, whenever I drive the West Side Highway I still look across the Hudson to that spot on top of the Palisades and even though there are a couple of ugly apartment buildings crowning that spot now, I see only the colored lights of Palisades Park.
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