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  • A Catskill Carnival: My Borscht Belt Life Lived, Lost and Loved

    The Borscht Belt Books, #1

    by Bart Charlow ...
    Series Book 1 - The Borscht Belt Books
    If you think you know the Borscht Belt Catskills, think again.Dirty Dancing and Mrs. Maisel are fun but they're fiction. Bart Charlow, born a "Hotel Brat", lifts the curtains on a rollicking era that they missed.Most books focus on the glamour of the era. A Catskill Carnival takes you behind the scenes, where life was tough, turbulent, and alternately warm and hard. This is the real Borscht Belt, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • That Catskill Summer

    Lived-In Love, #1

    by Bart Charlow ...
    Series Book 1 - Lived-In Love
    He wrote the book he lived. Now she wants to rewrite the ending.For fans of the 1960s Catskills era of Dirty Dancing, this is a very different kind of love story.Author Aaron Ben-Ami's steamy novel, based on a failed youthful love affair in the "Summer of Love" Borscht Belt, is a sensation. Love was easy to come by in the resort culture of the early sexual revolution, but not so easy to keep. Now, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pickle Barrel Tales: More Borscht Belt BS

    The Borscht Belt Books, #2

    by Bart Charlow ...
    Series Book 2 - The Borscht Belt Books
    The Catskills are a place on the map that you can visit any time. The Borscht Belt is a place in the heart that you can only visit in the memories of we who lived it.Hijinks, chicanery, and just plain fun were on the menu right beside the kosher picklesBart Charlow, a third generation hotel brat tells it like it was. Whether you're a fan of comedy, history, or simply yearn for a taste of that ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Never Should Have Happened

    Lived-In Love, #2

    by Bart Charlow ...
    Series Book 2 - Lived-In Love
    Three hearts. Two coasts. One night he swore would never happen again.Sixty years ago, Aaron Ben-Ami fell for Elyse Krieger and lost her. He wrote a bestselling novel about it. He never expected to fall again — for her granddaughter.A widowed psychotherapist turned successful novelist, Aaron returns to the Catskills expecting a nostalgic celebration of the movie based on his book. Instead, he ... Read more

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