Memoir of a Catskill Hotelkeeper

About the Book

Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt hotel. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always-always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.

About the Author

Carrie Komito, a 98 year-old New Yorker, inherited the Aladdin Hotel in Woodbourne, New York, from her beloved parents, Ida and Henry Fortgang. With her husband, Abraham Komito, a civil engineer, she operated this beautiful Catskill resort until her 95th year. She has two grandsons and five great-grandchildren by her daughter, Avodah K. Offit, M.D., a writer and psychiatrist married to Sidney Offit.