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Palm Trees On The Hudson: A True Story Of The Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decorating (2010)

by Elliot Tiber(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0757003516 (ISBN13: 9780757003516)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Square One Publishers

review 1: This prequel to Tiber's Taking Woodstock is both hilarious and heartbreaking. In this memoir, Elliot Tiber recalls escaping Brooklyn and his passive father and emasculating and controlling mother and moving to Manhattan where he attends college, lives on practically nothing, and eventually becomes a leading New York City interior designer. Then April 1968 arrives. Tiber is asked to create an over-the-top birthday celebration for a man who turns out to be involved with the mob. The party began as a huge success until, predictably, chaos broke out. On the plus side, Tiber had a chance during the ensuring chaos to connect for a brief time with his idol, Judy Garland. On the negative side, the mob paid him a visit and gave him a clear warning that resulting in Tiber gett... moreing the hell out of Dodge and relocating for a while to upstate New York. After reading this book, I'm definitely going to be checking out Taking Woodstock and continuing this story.
review 2: Elliot Tiber tells of his life growing up in Brooklyn with a domineering mother and a submissive father in this quirky memoir. It also explains how he survived his upbringing to escape to the go to college and become a decorator and also a motel owner. The funny (not laugh out loud) vignettes of life in Manhattan, the people he meets, especially Judy Garland and situations he gets himself into makes this a entertaining book. Its quick read into the eccentric mind of this author. less

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