Bianchi Books

Brief notes about the books on this site: Taking a Long Road Home, a memoir, traces Gene’s spiritual formation as he struggles toward intellectual and moral awakenings in the context of life’s many ups and downs. Reviewers praised the candor and insights of the memoir; you can read their reviews on this site. Readers remark that the memoir has helped them explore their own life journeys.

Two novels, The Bishop of San Francisco and The Children’s Crusade, reflect personal experiences while juxtaposing events in the Catholic Church with happenings in the wider world. Both books have drawn positive comments among readers from various religious and secular backgrounds.

Three non-fiction books on creative aging have been republished with new forewords: Aging as a Spiritual Journey, On Growing Older, and Elder Wisdom: Crafting Your Own Elderhood. You can read the first chapter of each book here on the site.

Poetry

Gene wrote poems for many years. Interbeing, his fourth collection, was published in spring 2021. Other poetry books are Ear to the Ground (2011), Chewing Down My Barn (2013), and The Hum of it All (2017). Selections from each of these titles are included on their own pages here and, with added commentary, in the blog.