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Frank Cerabino is a Palm Beach Post columnist, and has been a resident of Palm Beach County since 1985. His stories about a fictionalized adult condominium residential community first appeared in the Palm Beach Post in serialized form and were beloved by readers throughout the count. They have since been consolidated into the three volumes of the Shady Palms series of books, humorously poking fun at condo life amount the retired.
When Frank and his wife, Jo, first came to Palm Beach County, they rented a condo in suburban Boynton Beach, where he gathered much of his material for the three books. He is happy to report that he and his family now live very happily in Boca Raton. In a house.
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| Pelican Park 2: Pinky Feels the Pinch |
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Continues the hilarious adventures of Pinky, her two children, and her constantly inconvenient ex-husband, Cosmo "The Lawn King" Hope. |
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| Pelican Park |
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Welcome to Pelican Park in West Palm Beach. This gentrified swath of suburbia stews with intrigue, maystery and a Boca refugee named Pinky. |
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| Shady Palms 3: Viagra Falls |
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The saga with real staying power. Will Bernie Hamstein go with the flow and see his political fortunes fall to the younger brash group of retirees taking over Shady Palms?
The plot thickeners: Rose Hamstein; A wife sensible enough to almost keep her Bernie out of trouble.
Dylan Hamstein; Bernie's visiting grandson seems to be a magnet for trouble, dude.
Skyy Mathis; She's young, gorgeous and devoted to charity. Or is she?
Ricardo Vera; Can the wealthy sugar baron be happy without troublesome Lois?
Jensen Whitlock; A Zoomer who wants to run things at the condo. First step: overthrowing Bernie.
Lois Rodgers; Without Ricardo, Lois embarks on an adventure she learns to regret.
The Palm Beach Post, 2002. |
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| Shady Palms 2: Fowl Play |
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The characters are a little bit older - but not the least bit wiser. Bernie Hamstein is back. Does he have the heart to deal with snappy ducks, condo politics and clubhouse Shakespeare?
The plot thickeners: Rose Hamstein; Bernie might run things at his condo, but Rose runs Bernie.
Vince Campo; A silver fox with a velvet voice. Why is he befriending Rose?
Demetrius Bone; An aspiring football player with a mascot problem and an imaginative agent.
Yolette Germond; An 11-year-old Haitian castaway in search of her father in America.
Ricardo Vera; Wealthy fitness nut and sugar baron who pursues love at Shady Palms.
Johnny Fox; The condo's theatrical impresario, a man who doesn't embarrass easily.
The Palm Beach Post, 2001; 1st edition. |
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| Shady Palms 1: A Condo Caper |
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The first in the series introduces us to Bernie Hamstein president of Building C in an adult condominium community in Palm Beach County. Bernie is currently faced with a crisis - the renter in 26C is pregnant and since all of the residents of Shady Palms are past childbearing age, the condo complex is demanding to know what Bernie intends to do.
The Palm Beach Post, 2001. 1st edition. |
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| Shady Palms |
| by Joanne Sinchuk |
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The Shady Palms series is not a mystery series. I am carrying them in my store because they are fun, funny, and full of Florida flavor.
Shady Palms is an adult condominium community in Palm Beach County, chock full of "shady" characters we can all recognize in our own lives. In fact, in a preface to the first one, Cerabino says that he gets mail all the time from people who "recognize" his characters as someone living in their own communities. I recognized a few myself.
Bernie and Rose Hamstein live in C Building where Bernie is the building president. Bernie is currently faced with a crisis that has the whole community in an uproar. The renter in 26C has shown unmistakable signs of being pregnant. Since all of the residents of Shady Palms are way past the age of childbearing, and some are way past the age of even remembering child-bearing, the entire condominium complex is on full alert demanding to know what Bernie intends to do about this.
Bernie, on the other hand, has his own problems, what with meeting his bookie at Loehmann’s and sneaking around town to accidentally bump into his childhood sweetheart. Throw in the Wonder Walkers, who walk miles in the air conditioned mall and then sit for hours eating doughnuts, health nuts, the gay son who is "only going through a phase," and a genuine love story, Cerabino has painted a delightful and humorous picture that will bring a smile to all who visit Shady Palms.
As Cerabino says, "Shady Palms is everywhere." |
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| You may contact Joanne Sinchuk at murdermb@gate.net |
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| Posted 13-09-2003 |
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