Richard O’Prey was born and educated in New York City. He spent fifteen years as a Christian Brother teaching in the South Bronx for eight of those. After leaving in 1970, he worked in the public s...ver másRichard O’Prey was born and educated in New York City. He spent fifteen years as a Christian Brother teaching in the South Bronx for eight of those. After leaving in 1970, he worked in the public sector for twenty-nine years. The comparisons and contrasts made an indelible impression upon him. In 1972, he married his wife Mary and raised three children, Brendan, Katherine, and Maureen. Retirement provided an option for writing and reflecting. Immigrants’ Son and its sequel Reflections in Tranquility are the results. In his ‘Golden Years’ he has discovered the joys of grandparenthood as well as the responsibilities it entails.ver menos