Mattituck Memories: Growing up in a North Fork Long Island village

They loved the open spaces, the white sandy beaches to the south bordering the bay and the stony beaches to the north bordering the sound. Eleanore was only a year old when they moved to Mattituck. She didn't miss the bustle of Manhattan (only 80 miles away) or Bayonne, N. J. where she was born. Neither did Milt or Floss who were busy learning to run a drygoods store. Her Dad, a consummate violinist was always able to find musicians with whom to play, and her Mom was a natural sales woman, the mainstay of the business. Eleanore and sister Rhoda and Roz liked school and all the usual small town activities. They enjoyed the freedom that smalll towns afford. "Mattituck Memories" describes an event that happened all over the United State: a Jewish family seeks a livelihood in a country enviornment and is often the only Jewish family in a small town. Read this book "Mattituck Memories" to find out how one particular family, and one particular daughter adjusts to small town live and why she has such nostalgic feelings for this special small town, perched between the seas on the eastern end of Long Island in New York State.