The Cha-Cha Babes of Pelican Way
by Frances Metzman
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Pub Date Jun 21 2018 | Archive Date Aug 30 2018
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Description
Would you move a dead body for the sake of your best friend? Ask cha-cha babe Celia Ewing, a sixty-five-year-old widow who has just settled into Boca Pelicano Palms, the Florida retirement community of her dreams. When Celia's best friend Marcy calls her and their friend Deb for help in the middle of the night, they find a naked Marcy trapped under the body of her beau, the community's board president, Melvin. And he's dead. The three friends secretly move Melvin back to his apartment setting off a chain of events that will threaten to tear their community apart and send them to jail. Melvin is one of a number of residents who are dying under suspicious circumstances; and soon Celia becomes an amateur sleuth in an attempt to identify what she suspects is a serial murderer.
Filled with humorous, witty observations about retirement communities, the realities of getting older, and the promise of new love, the Cha-Cha Babes of Pelican Way celebrates the deep bonds of female friendships, the desire for companionship at any age, and shows us that it's never too late to learn how to cha-cha through life.
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Advance Praise
"Metzman writes with humor and a sharp eye for characterization, as when she describes how Deb’s “rheumatoid arthritis…affected every joint and muscle in her body, except for her acerbic tongue.” The book is a pleasing blend of camp and procedural mystery, playing up the geriatric nature of the setting while also taking the concerns and passions of Celia and her peers seriously. Overall, Metzman has crafted a compelling and surprising whodunit whose plot likely won’t end up where readers expect.” - Kirkus Reviews
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About the Author:
Frances Metzman is the author of the short story collection The Hungry Heart Stories (2012, Wilderness House Press) and was nominated for a Dzanc Books Best of the Web award in 2009. She is also coauthor of the novel Ugly Cookies (2000, Pella Press).
In addition to appearing on panels at various writing conferences such as Philadelphia Stories and Marymount Manhattan College Conference, she has given workshops at Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Penn State, and many others. At Rosemont College, she taught publishing/ writing skills to grad students. She currently teaches creative writing/memoir workshops at Temple University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). As fiction editor for the literary journal Schuylkill Valley Journal, she selects and edits submissions. Metzman received a BA from Moore College of Art as a Sculpture Major and a MA from the University of Pennsylvania in social Gerontology. Her website is: www.FrancesMetzman.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781941948064 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
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Loved this book! Just when think life should be calming down it gets interesting!
Characters with depth, a story that flows and keeps you turning the pages made this a fantastic book.
I found myself losing sleep to see what happened next. Can't wait for the next installment.
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