Like the women she writes about in Defying Gravity, Prill Boyle is a late bloomer. After graduating from college at 38, she became an English teacher. Then in January of 2000 she read an article in The New York Times about a 65-year old Kentucky woman named Wini Yunker who had waited 39 years to join the Peace Corps. Inspired by this woman's persistence and courage, Prill decided to write a book about late bloomers--even though she had never written anything before. At age 47, she left her teaching job to write full time. (To view a clip of Wini & Prill on TV,CLICK HERE.)
ABOUT DEFYING GRAVITY
Defying Gravity recounts the stories of 12 "ordinary" women who have done extraordinary things later in life. One woman didn't graduate from high school until she was 42 and is now a professor at an Ivy League university. Another was a shy housewife until she was 52 and is now the CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation. Connecting these first-person accounts together is the story of the author, herself a late bloomer. Defying Gravity is her first book. (To see photos of the women and read their bios, go to the "WOMEN" page.)
Defying Gravity is in bookstores nationwide in both hardcover and paperback and available on Amazon.com.
Want to be inspired? Read more tips for late bloomers? Check out Prill's blog (given a nod in The NY Times). Click here to read.
Become a Defying Gravity fan on Facebook and receive regular updates about late-blooming men and women in the news along with current information on aging.
There are two more Defying Gravity books in the works--a novel by Prill about a late bloomer as well as a male follow-up to Defying Gravity co-authored by Larry Portzline. Stay tuned!
Visit Prill's "Factoids" page to find interesting data about late bloomers and aging.
Like the women she writes about in Defying Gravity, Prill Boyle is a late bloomer. After graduating from college at 38, she became an English teacher. Then in January of 2000 she read an article in The New York Times about a 65-year old Kentucky woman named Wini Yunker who had waited 39 years to join the Peace Corps. Inspired by this woman's persistence and courage, Prill decided to write a book about late bloomers--even though she had never written anything before. At age 47, she left her teaching job to write full time. (To view a clip of Wini & Prill on TV, CLICK HERE.)
Defying Gravity recounts the stories of 12 "ordinary" women who have done extraordinary things later in life. One woman didn't graduate from high school until she was 42 and is now a professor at an Ivy League university. Another was a shy housewife until she was 52 and is now the CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation. Connecting these first-person accounts together is the story of the author, herself a late bloomer. Defying Gravity is her first book. (To see photos of the women and read their bios, go to the "WOMEN" page.)
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