Binghamton, NY Author Publishes New Book

We Didn't Get to Dance, a new book by Franklin E. Williams, has been released by RoseDog Books.

Rosalie, Phenius, and Willie never in their wildest dreams would have imagined that a chance encounter one night would lead to a lifelong friendship with a bond stronger than steel.

Rosalie is a white woman, married with grown children. She's in her early forties and is a human resources manager for a large publishing company. Phenius is a black man in his early sixties. He's a retired teacher who now runs his own business repairing and maintaining computers and IT systems. Willie is an elderly black man. No one knows exactly how old he is, but he's older than Phenius. Willie lives mostly on the street, but that's by choice, because of an event years earlier that changed his life forever. They made a strange trio-three people from three different worlds, and three different generations. Willie, with his ability to boil things down to simple and accurate terms, put it this way: "Well, pretty lady, two things; One you're a person, Boss is a person, and I'm a person. Two, whether you're White, Black, Red, Yellow, or Brown. Whether you're rich or poor, it's all secondary to number one."

About the Author

Franklin E. Williams was born in Mecklinberg County, Virginia. When he was young, his parents moved to New Jersey, where he grew up. He attended Howell Township Elementary School and Freehold Regional High School.
He received a BS in Chemistry from Delaware State College (Delaware State University).

After retiring from IBM, he worked for Time Warner Cable as a customer service rep for 14 years. During this time, he also managed to put in 20 years as a part-time police officer: 17 for the town of Vestal, NY, and 3 for the village of Oswego, NY.

Williams is now fully retired and enjoys spending time with his kids and grandkids. He also enjoys landscaping, flower gardening, making soaps, lotions, and creams; and photography.

This is Williams' second book. The first was a small run, self-published book called For My Children and Grandchildren, which he distributed to the kids, grandkids, family and friends.

We Didn't Get to Dance is a 98-page paperback with a retail price of $14.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8851-5. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.