"Mame"
Patrick Dennis's first novel, “Auntie Mame,” reached number one on the fiction bestseller list in the summer of 1955. A few weeks later, Herman Wouk’s “Marjorie Morningstar” claimed the top spot. (Grace Yagel)
June 12, 2025, 1:47 pm
70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America
“Auntie Mame” and “Marjorie Morningstar,” writes a historian, were set in a New York City where Jews were prospering, and antisemites were out of fashion.
By Rachel Gordan
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