(you Don't Know) the Half of It: A Memoir - Williams, Bobbi
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"(You Don't Know) The Half of It" is the story of two people, one public (George) and one private (Bobbi), the latter in hiding until George was nearly 45 years old. The story of their lives is told by Bobbi who, though in the shadows for much of the time, was still a major influence. She takes us through George's childhood in Brooklyn, his college years, his time as Academic Dean of Austin Community College, then as Technical Writer for Shell Oil in Nigeria, Dell Computers, and Radian International (an environmental engineering company), and later as a writer and performer with the "Esther's…mehr

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"(You Don't Know) The Half of It" is the story of two people, one public (George) and one private (Bobbi), the latter in hiding until George was nearly 45 years old. The story of their lives is told by Bobbi who, though in the shadows for much of the time, was still a major influence. She takes us through George's childhood in Brooklyn, his college years, his time as Academic Dean of Austin Community College, then as Technical Writer for Shell Oil in Nigeria, Dell Computers, and Radian International (an environmental engineering company), and later as a writer and performer with the "Esther's Follies" comedy troupe, and as a stand-up comic. Only able to 'escape' on a limited basis, Bobbi observes as along the way George struggles with accepting her-his "other self."
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George/Bobbi is a graduate of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Masters program and earned a Ph.D in Education from the University of Texas in Austin, where George was Academic Dean of Austin Community College. George's literary works include a collection of short stories and essays ("Me & Bobbi & the Gyrls"), a novel ("Transfixed") , a children's Christmas musical ("Roboclaus"), comedy sketches ("Esther's Follies") and numerous articles and essays published in various newspapers and magazines. As a Technical Writer, he spent more than 15 years writing and editing end-user documentation and computer support for Dell Computers, IBM, and Shell Oil in Nigeria. He later worked as a Technical Editor at the General Electric Global Research Center and at the Knowles Atomic Power Laboratory. Along the way, was married three times-twice to the same woman-raised two children, and continued to teach., moving finally to Nashville, Tennessee, where he now writes, is an adjunct professor of English at Columbia State Community College, and collects Social Security.