Frances Metzman

The Cha-Cha Babes of Pelican Way (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tree of Life Books
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781734956306
• Artikelnr.: 59451063

Autorenporträt

Frances Metzman, author, writes fiction because it affords her the ability to find closure for various events and relationships whereas in real life they always proved elusive. A sculptor years ago, she's traded creating images with clay to images with words. She's had a short story collection published, February 1, 2012, THE HUNGRY HEART STORIES, (Wilderness House Press) Before that she co-authored and published a novel, UGLY COOKIES (Pella Press, 2000). Publishing 24 short stories in college and university journals, she, also, speaks on panels of various writing conferences (such as; Philadelphia Stories and Marymount Manhattan College). She has given numerous workshops at various universities such as Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Penn State, Widener and many others. Also, she presently teaches creative writing/memoir workshops at Temple University's adult program, OLLI. At Rosemont College, she taught publishing/writing skills to grad students. As fiction editor for a literary journal, Schuylkill Valley Journal, she selects and edits the submissions. Many of her articles, essays, and stories deal with all aspects of society that influences relationships for all ages, including the mature set (sometimes tongue in cheek). Website: AWARDS: Nominated for a Dzanc Books award, Best of the Web 2009.Natioalist in Amelia's Short Fiction Contest, 1996 Third Prizewinner in Minnesota Ink Short Story Contest, 1995, published in Writers' Journal Honorable Mention in Minnesota Ink Short Story Contest, 1994, published in Writers' Journal Second Prize in Labyrinth, (A Philadelphia newspaper), 1994 Two Runner-Up Stories in Labyrinth, 1994 Honorable Mention, Short Fiction Contest, Short Story Digest, Caldwell, 1994 Runner-Up, Writer's Digest Short Story Contest, 1994 In her spare time she likes to cook (simple recipes that look complex - maybe like fiction is bigger than life), reading and playing tennis. At a mature (advanced more likely) age, she still dances up a storm and loves walking, hiking and travel.