Grace Zolla Protano

Grace Zolla Protano is a retired English teacher who lives in Massapequa, NY, with her husband Nick.

About AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE THE CLOCK, YOU'RE OKAY (ProPress Books, Inc.)

Set mainy in South Brooklyn in the '50's, this memoir is a recollection of growing up with a unique love embodying joy and sadness; pride and shame; tenderness and cruelty.

Sing along with the doo-woppers; drool over the teen idols and cheer through a Rock and Roll Revue at the Brooklyn Paramount. Play Kick the Can, Ringo Levio and Iron Tag until moms look out the window and announce that dinner is ready.

About ABSENT FROM CLASS, A story of teacher burnout (ProPress Books, Inc.

We have all gone to school and we can relate to these students, these situations and to the unforgettable and wacky English teacher, Ceci McKinney.

We live with Ceci at home; we watch her in school and we understand fully why she needs to be abgsent from class.

Work in Progress

WHATEVER YOU SAY, CECI is the sequel to ABSENT FROM CLASS. It will be released some time in September 2011 (ProPress Books, Inc.)