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Madness Under The Royal Palms: Love And Death Behind The Gates Of Palm Beach (2009)

by Laurence Leamer(Favorite Author)

3.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401322913 (ISBN13: 9781401322915)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: What a hot mess! I read almost 200 pages and couldn't figure out what the author was trying to tell me. The author introduces you to literally dozens of people and includes their bios, but does so in a nonsensical way. Time and dates are random as he jumps all over nearly 100 years of history. Transition from one person's story to another's is awful or non-existent. In the end, I am not sure what this was supposed to be about. All of the people could probably support a biography that is captivating, but 30 people mini-bios is too much. Besides, who really cares about these people anyway. Their lives are so removed from mine that I find it very difficult to care about the $2million upkeep on their house.
review 2: Palm Beach is manicured to the max - peo... moreple and places. This is a story of the cracks behind the facades - we know of the gap between the haves & have nots, but here's the divide between the old haves & the new haves in all its detail: from old men with trophy wives and their corollaries - gold-digging "walkers" who escort the rich widows, to aggressive New Yorkers (think the Donald) who've changed the culture of a place that once defined the cream of culture. Perfect for a vacation read while in (where else?) Palm Beach. less

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