Past Imperfect, Present Progressive (ISBN-10:
1877809276)
by Kerry Michael
Wood is a perfect and wonderful epic memoir that
chronicles
the author’s life spanning fifty decades. Past Imperfect, Present
Progressive is a true literary portrait
of the experiences and life changes of the author from a
4 year old in a military boarding school to his adolescent
years. From a college student at Yale to a young soldier to a rewarding
career as a high school teacher.
Past Imperfect, Present Progressive is a look back that gives
the reader the gifts of history and the survival of the human spirit.
In a recent interview the author says, “After retiring, I
started attending a memoir writing class. I finally decided that I wanted to
have a publication (other than textbooks) with my name on the spine. I also
was thinking of my sons and possible grandchildren and felt an urgency to
get some oral history recorded before it disappeared into the abyss of
forgetfulness. I’d like them to say. “Here’s a guy with a way with words
who’s been through some ugly stuff—military boarding school at age 4,
stroke, prostate cancer,--but he doesn’t feel sorry for himself. Instead he
plays it for laughs."
Past Imperfect, Present Progressive is a voice for the
‘Silent Generation’ and a marvelous and humble interpretation of one
man’s life. The author's satisfaction as a career teacher is a message of
what a difference one teacher can make in many lives.
Past Imperfect, Present Progressive is a grand and impressive
journey. You will not be disappointed.
Past Imperfect, Present Progressive
by Kerry Michael Wood
Publisher: Park Place Publications
ISBN-10: 1877809276
About the Author: Born in 1938, sent off
to Catholic military
boarding school at age 4 for the duration of WWII, I eventually finished
high school at St. Anthony's of Long Beach in 1955. I graduated from Yale in
1959. A 37 year teaching career at Menlo School, Ravenswood of East Palo
Alto, Robert Academy of Istanbul, Turkey, and Woodside High School was
punctuated by Army service. I married Sarah (Sally) Durand in 1964. Our
elder son, Brian, was born in Istanbul shortly before we returned to the
States and 30 years' residence on Morton Way and later Southampton Drive in
Palo Alto, CA. Son Derek was born in 1971. I retired from teaching in 1998
and we moved shortly thereafter to Pacific Grove, CA, where I write and play
golf.
Visit Kerry Online at
http://www.kerrymwood.com
