Palisades Park : A Novel (Paperback)

from ParadisePorch

(Fiction, Historical, American) The real Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City, saw millions of visitors in its life 1898 - 1971. It was immortalized in Freddy Cannon's 1962 hit of the same name. Brennert has created a novel that could well be the...

from amandacb

Palisades Park is a bit wash-rinse-repeat in terms of plot: boy meets girl, boy marries girl, family is started, family experiences troubles, family overcomes troubles and becomes successful, children grow up, and cycle repeats. However, what sets Palisades Park apart is the emphasis on the total...

from hollysing

Look no further than Palisades Park by Alan Brennert for a magical place to spend happy hours of reading. Eddie and Adele Stopka, parents of Toni and Jack, sell vinegar-soaked French fries near the thunder of the Cyclone roller coaster. Toni is enthralled with the divers who do daredevil stunts i...

from justabookreader

I tend to read heavily in the fantasy and historical fiction genres but every once in awhile I like to step outside of my reading habits and try something new. Palisades Park was that something new. Let's just say that stepping out of routine is a very good thing, because if I hadn't taken that c...

from zmagic69

A fun historical fiction story about the famous Palisades Park in New Jersey. The story follows Eddie Stopka from his boyhood in the 1920's through the end of the park in the early 1970's. it covers all of the major events of the park as well as the depression, WWII, the Korean War, the civil rig...