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A miserable heat wave in June 1911 New York City forces the enormously wealthy Batternberg family to uproot themselves from the city and move into the opulent Oriental Hotel on Coney Island for the summer. Initially dismayed at leaving her job in a bookstore and convinced that the summer will consist of an interminable round of social obligations, Peggy Batternberg instead discovers a newfound freedom on the island—swim...Log In or Sign Up to Read More