Passion and faraway travel, family and holiday festivities are successfully portrayed in their newly published book "BIG BOYS DO NOT CRY" An Anthology of Poetry and Prose. The first poem and title of the book comes from William's step into adulthood when his Father died when William was still a boy. Another inspiration came from the second marriage for both William and Julia and the blending of their two families. The poems express deep feelings of love especially as grandchildren arrive in their lives. Both Julia and William have stories of their growing up years, William from New Jersey and Julia from New Zealand. (Worlds apart but many common features.) Julia has also included articles she wrote for a bulletin and has taken topics of everyday living and created a story around them. For example eating a meal post surgery in a hospital bed, using humor to make a point. The book makes for light reading and a good gift.
About the Author: Julia and William reside in Albany, New York. Their writing interests developed in their retirement years. William was born and raised in suburban New Jersey and graduated with a B.S in Business. Post graduate study followed in accounting and business. His working career was in banking, both in New York City and later in Troy, upstate N.Y. In his retirement years, apart from writing, he has taken pleasure in pottery, sculpting, gardening and reading. He was also a contributing author in Julia's first book "Crossing The Border Into Old Age."He is the Father of three children and three grandchildren. Julia was born and raised in Dunedin, New Zealand, where she obtained her degree in Consumers Arts and Sciences. She also served as a lecturer at the University of New Zealand at Otago. After relocation to Albany, N.Y in the 1960's she received her Master's degree in Social Work and accepted a teaching position at Hudson Valley Community College. She taught there for twenty three years in the Department of Human Services, specializing in Gerontology. She taught Gerontology at many local Colleges, the Medical College and hospitals. She was also in Private Practice and trained as a Family therapist at the Center For Family Learning at New Rochelle, New York. Her written work has been created by many human interest stories as she can "tell it like it is" from the hot seat. She approaches many topics with a sense of humor.