Author Stephen Rocco spoke at Community Reads Book Club Brunch

Special to The Advocate

Earlier this year the Community Reads Book Club was excited to welcome author and poet Stephen Rocco. The Club read his book “The Girl Who Woke Up in the Morgue” for its April meeting. Stephen spoke passionately about what inspired him to write the book and how his characters were developed.

Rocco has also written “From Conflict to Cooperation: Succeed with Rocco’s 4R’s,” “The Ecstasy of Pupusas: Filled with Love,” and “The Mystery in the Mausoleum.” Rocco is a third-generation funeral director and has worked as a family mediator. He holds a Master’s in counseling from the University of Massachusetts. He was an instructor in the mortuary education program at Mt. Ida College and Co-Director of the school’s National Center for Death Education. He has written and spoken extensively about the funeral profession, authoring over 20 nationally published articles. Stephen and his wife, Lidia, have been blessed with four children and four grandchildren. He is currently working on his next two books and has hinted that one is about horse racing and the other is about a stalker in a funeral home.

He said he enjoyed the feedback and it was his first time speaking before a book club. Following the talk, he joined the group for brunch and participated in the Club’s discussion of the May book, “The Elephant of Belfast: A Novel” by S. Kirk Walsh.

The Community Reads Book Club celebrated its second birthday in March. Special thank you to Sal and Tricia Sacro for supporting community events at Sacro PIaza and providing healthy food choices for the brunch celebration.

For more info, access the Official Site of Stephen Rocco at https://stephenrocco.com/