Herb ÕnÕ Lorna

Herb ÕnÕ LornaOn the surface, Herb and Lornas story seems like an American myth: small town origins, Jazz Age romance, Depression trials, and postwar prosperity. By the 1950s, they seem to be a typically sunny American couple. Herb sells Studebakers to the citizens of Babbington, a Long Island seaside town, and Lorna is his cheerfully coy and clever wife. However, after Herb and Lorna have died, their grandson, Peter Leroy, discovers, that my maternal grandparents

On the surface, Herb and LornaÕs story seems like an American myth: small-town origins, Jazz Age romance, Depression trials, and postwar prosperity. By the 1950s, they seem to be a typically sunny American couple. Herb sells Studebakers to the citizens of Babbington, a Long Island seaside town, and Lorna is his cheerfully coy and clever wife. However, after Herb and Lorna have died, their grandson, Peter Leroy, discovers, Òthat my maternal grandparents were involved inÑvirtually the creators ofÑthe animated erotic jewelry industry.Ó

ÒHerb ÕnÕ Lorna is a historical farce, a comedy of four generations of happy errors. This very funny novel Ñ as graceful, complicated and exhilarating as a quadrille Ñ is an appreciation of folly."
Cathleen Schine
The New York Times Book Review (front page review)

ÒHerb ÕnÕ Lorna is a classic. Savor it.Ó
Andrei Codrescu, National Public Radio

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR