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SAN FRANCISCO - March 22, 2016 - PRLog -- Reminiscent of Grand Hotel and Neil Simon's California Suite, THE LOBBY (Freisen Press; March 2016) by Randi M. Sherman, sheds a hilarious spotlight on the comings and goings of anonymous people who come to life in the lobby of the grand Shipley Hotel. Practically engineered for eavesdropping, San Francisco's juiciest hotel lobby offers the perfect place to witness the lives-and the most comedic intersections of staff, long-term residents, and eclectic guests.

"More than just a hotel, the Shipley is the "landmark choice of San Francisco hotels," says the narrator. "It is a microcosm of humanity where visitors gather, common people feel sophisticated, strangers pass as interesting, twelve dollars seems a fair price for a cup of coffee, and where our perky and attentive staff provides the gold standard in artificial concern and comfort."

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Evocative of Upstairs Downstairs, the reader gets a delicious vicarious look at both the guests and staff at The Shipley Hotel whose lives briefly intersect over the course of a 24-hour period. Each consecutive chapter title is a time of day, beginning at 4:00 AM, when the hotel lobby comes to life as those working behind the scenes downstairs spruce up the lobby with fresh flower centerpieces, and front-desk staff are busy preparing for the hectic day ahead as their guests upstairs are sleeping, oblivious to the busy preparations taking place downstairs.


Randi Sherman's spot-on character descriptions capture humanity in all its vain, self-absorbed, often romantic and sometimes loving preoccupations in 50 interlocking short stories as the narrator snoops into the lives of hotel workers and guests as they crisscross in the Shipley's elegant lobby.

Employing acute skills in human observation, Randi M. Sherman has written a must-read for anyone who has ever spent time in a hotel lobby people watching or just savoring the luxurious ambiance while the world floats -or for anyone who has ever worked in a hotel. The next time you plan a trip, or a weekend excursion to your favorite city, pack a copy of THE LOBBY with you, and you will recognize every character in this witty, insightful novel as you gaze across your hotel's lobby, observing humanity in all its colorful shades and hues.

ABOUT RANDI M. SHERMAN:  With an eye for detail, an ear for well-tuned dialogue and an incredible grasp of the obvious, all honed while performing stand-up comedy in Los Angeles and improvisational theater in San Francisco, Sherman adds just enough bawdiness to deliver a character-driven contemporary novel that will have the reader laughing and connecting with major and minor characters. A resident of San Francisco for 25 years, Randi now lives in Sonoma. THE LOBBY is Ms. Sherman's fourth novel. For more information, please visit http://www.randimshermanbooks.com

2016 Los Angeles Book Festival Award Winner.

Sherman will be at The London Book Fair (Booth 1C55) and at BEA in May. (See her schedule and link to the shows http://www.randimshermanbooks.com)

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