Seven Palms: The Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades, Los AngelesThe story of Thomas Mann's Pacific Palisades home in exile, in text and pictures Writer Francis Nenik narrates the history of the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and the years that Thomas Mann and his family lived in it, during the author's 1942 52 period of exile in the US. Basing his work on extensive archival research, Nenik not only recounts episodes from the Mann family's life but also introduces characters who