Miami-based author Shelly Gitlow is the
co-writer of the feature film Boynton
Beach Club and the author of the novel Dispatches
From Paradise. In her former life,
she was a family therapist and wrote several books on quality management. She divides her time between New York City
and Miami.
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Blurb:
Author and screenwriter Shelly Gitlow makes her fiction debut in
this colorful, lightning-paced, and often wildly unpredictable modern tale
about sex, lies, and love.
From the very first
page, DISPATCHES FROM PARADISE takes
readers to the family battlefield of three generations of women living together
in the sultry city of Miami -- where DD cups abound, octogenarians recite
erotic poetry and an S&M Fitness class is not for the fainthearted.
Written in the distinct voices of Liz (39) who pulls the plug on
her marriage and quits her job so she can re-boot her life, her over-sexed
mother, Claudette (55) who’s searching for her next partner/meal ticket, and
Darcy (18) Liz’s beautiful, reckless daughter who’s realizing she might also
have a brain and be a lesbian, DISPATCHES
FROM PARADISE explores the complex dynamics of the women’s relationships as
they tear through Miami’s wild clubs and outrageous art scene, changing, growing
and reconnecting on new terms.
Drawing upon her unique
insights as a family therapist, author Shelly Gitlow gives readers three
characters they will never forget. Her
debut novel marks the arrival of a bold brash narrative voice.
Excerpt:
(MOM) LIZ: “I couldn’t stand my cheating husband and that soul-sucking bank job for one more nanosecond, so I declared my life a do-over and took action. Richard was shocked, but (surprise!) he moved in with his bimbo. And my co-workers freaked when I walked out, flinging my pantyhose over my shoulder like a bride’s bouquet. But with my daughter Darcy (a former drug user) away at college, I was about to fulfill my fantasies of opening an art gallery and learning to kayak. Then all hell broke loose. My nymphomaniac mother manipulated me into letting her move in, and Darcy quit school and came back home. How am I going to handle the drugs, the sex, and (worst of all), the telling me how to live my life?”
(MOM) LIZ: “I couldn’t stand my cheating husband and that soul-sucking bank job for one more nanosecond, so I declared my life a do-over and took action. Richard was shocked, but (surprise!) he moved in with his bimbo. And my co-workers freaked when I walked out, flinging my pantyhose over my shoulder like a bride’s bouquet. But with my daughter Darcy (a former drug user) away at college, I was about to fulfill my fantasies of opening an art gallery and learning to kayak. Then all hell broke loose. My nymphomaniac mother manipulated me into letting her move in, and Darcy quit school and came back home. How am I going to handle the drugs, the sex, and (worst of all), the telling me how to live my life?”
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