Mister B

Blessed are the fathers who give us a little more. Blessed are the engineers with answers to life’s perplexities!
When a faithful homemaker makes a home with an old aerospace engineer, a surprising paradigm develops. The 98-year-old stress physicist gains a recalcitrant chauffeur and cook, but he sets out to teach a few life lessons of his own.
Eccentric as an old goat hanging his toenails off the edge of a cliff, Mister B proves he could care less about being politically correct.  That's not Mister B's style.
Can they each discover why they might still matter? Find out now.
The odyssey of Lynn Byk and Joseph Byk became a best-selling historic memoir in 2016 when it was received the Pinnacle Achievement Award. Mister B offers timely subject matter for adult children caring for parents and grandparents. With middle-age couched between the pillows of quirk and kindness, MISTER B's confessions roll tide like his alma mater through controversies of old age with a humor that appeals to a variety of social circles.
Capture Mister B springs from the earthbound corners of bitter and sweet into a self-made man who defies gravity. Born in 1916, Joseph Byk, the Rhode Island son of Polish immigrants, Mister B: Living with a 98-Year-Old Rocket Scientist charms the bejeebers out of the Greatest Generation, World War II, and the Cold War. In 2013, an old man's new companion begins to journal Mister B's bygone era. His family ideals confront the independence of a younger generation as he reveals a lifetime of secrets.
"Who is parenting whom" is the million-dollar question! This instructive and comedic memoir offers historic photographs. It can be found in the grumpy ol’ men’s section at your local bookstore.
Discover the ingenious Mister B. from his hand-me-down-baggy-pants-poverty to becoming a self-made man who defies gravity. "…Byk fully constructs Mister B from the Rhode Island coastal awe in his voice to his penchant for mustard on peeled egg. In these small, perfectly executed moments, Byk brings her fascinating family to life for readers with warm and genuinely funny wit…" – KIRKUS
"A wonderful book, brimming with humor and spirituality. The characters are lovingly drawn and Byk provides her readers with a day-by-day recounting of how her life intersects with the indefatigable Mister B, whose memory seems almost photographic even at the age of 98! The book is enlivened by photographs from early-to-middle twentieth century America. A very worthwhile multi-generational read." -Jan Kalickion
If you like Jimmy Stewart in No Highway in the Sky, (Nevil Shute) or The Millionaire Next Door, Hidden Figures, you will love Mister B.
Living with a 98-Year-Old Rocket Scientist inspires us to learn from history, to give a little more to family relationships, and to seek scientific answers to life’s little perplexities.