Goodbye, Geraldine

Robert J. Morgan

About The Author:

Bob Morgan is a playwright, a guest speaker, an author, and a facilitator of writing workshops in Colorado. He is the retired president of a 125-employee business he ran for 22 years, a business management consultant, and a former NCAA boxing champion for the University of Wisconsin. He lives with his wife Susan in Boulder, Colorado.

Contact The Author: BMorgan@jgcunited.com

"Goodbye, Geraldine strikes a chord deep inside, fills us with hope, makes us laugh through our tears, and says, 'Yes!' to life." — Publishing Profile

Goodbye, Geraldine is the story of one family and every family.

—It is the story of a mother and grandmother whose strength sustains her grandchildren through the calamities of alcoholism, desertion, and death.
—It is the story of an athlete and future author who literally fights his way to a new life, then finds peace and joy where he least expected.

Goodbye, Geraldine is a story of hope, a tribute to the human spirit, and a love story that has all the markings of an American classic.

"...a book that helps us appreciate and celebrate life,
one precious moment at a time." — Publishing Profile

Goodbye, Geraldine is the true story of abandoned children growing up in their grandmother's house with an alcoholic uncle who never left home.

"Gram was not quite like the Norman Rockwell version of grandmothers. She was more like a prizefighter with a pug hairdo. Yet she was a very feminine lady with immense kindness and a sense of fair play. We all truly loved Gram. She knew it. We knew it. But she didn't take a lot of nonsense from us and had no time for psychological games. She believed in corporal punishment, sure and swift... Gram didn't hear too well, but Tom and I knew she could see through steel doors, and sense us doing something wrong almost before we did it." — From Goodbye, Geraldine

It is a poignant story of survival, of hope, and of love conquering all. — Publishing Profile

Editor's Note:

I first became aware of Bob Morgan's unique ability to capture and blend the pathos and humor of human life when I was editor of a regional periodical and regularly published funny and poignant features he wrote, features that made readers laugh and cry — and call for more. He evokes those same responses in Goodbye, Geraldine, a profoundly moving and heart-tugging book that begins when America was reeling from Pearl Harbor and facing challenges like those we face today.

Goodbye, Geraldine is the story of one family and every family, of a woman whose strength sustains her grandchildren through the calamities of alcoholism, desertion, and death, of a young man who literally fights his way to a new life, and then finds peace and joy where he least expected. Goodbye, Geraldine is a story of hope, a tribute to the human spirit, and a love story that has all the markings of an American classic.

Other readers have found it to be a book they could not put down and hated to see end. I believe you will have the same experience. I am happy to present his work to you. I am even more happy to have this witty and wise counselor for a friend. As you read Goodbye, Geraldine, you will readily understand why. —John Gile