Growing Up with Eddie: A Nostalgic Look at Being a Kid in the ’70s

by Nancy Golden

Remember those idyllic summers of your childhood, exploring your hometown on your bicycle with friends, spending your days crawdad fishing in the local creek, doing cannonballs at the community swimming pool, and chasing fireflies and playing tag with the other kids on your street in the evenings?

It's really true—you can't go home again. But you can treasure the memories of what was home. And that's what we'll be doing together in "Growing Up with Eddie."

Eddie and Nancy Venetucci grew up in Richardson, TX in the 1970s. Their parents, Ralph and Leah Venetucci, worked hard to provide for their children, instilling family values and a strong work ethic, along with the blessing of a wonderful childhood. They couldn't have picked a better place than Richardson, TX.

278 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 15, 2025

About the author

Nancy Golden wears lots of different hats – She is a wife and mom, engineer, IT QA professional, professor, and small business owner. She is also founder and director of a writing group – the Carrollton League of Writers. Nancy lives in a suburb of Dallas and loves to ride bicycles and horses. She has been a Trekkie for as long as she can remember and always wanted to impress a dragon and fight thread.

Nancy's nonfiction works including a best-selling Christmas Devotional: Taking Back Advent - Moving from the Mundane to the Miraculous. Her award-winning flash fiction piece, "How Could I Not," appears in the anthology, The Roads We Take by the Carrollton League of Writers. She recently completed Book 3 of her Dynamis Novels trilogy: fun fantasy adventures for middle-grade, teen, young adult, and adult readers.

"INCREDIBLE FANTASY SERIES. I laughed, gasped, and even cried! JUST WONDERFUL WRITING AND STORYTELLING! All ages will love this Trilogy!" —K. Deans

Alien Neighbors is her debut science fiction novel:

"Astronauts encounter aliens offering to share technology and resources in Golden's SF novel ... smoothly told tale that accents emotions, relationships, and good feelings ... despite episodes of deadly sabotage and hints that rogue Cygnans may have their own hostile agenda, "group hugs all around" is the prevailing sentiment.

The rare SF yarn that emphasizes the positive."

Awards and Accolades: OUR VERDICT √ GET IT
— Kirkus Reviews

"A nice near future look at how a First Contact situation might go."
— Isaac Arthur, President, National Space Society and creator of the award-winning weekly science education and entertainment show, "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur."

"In this promising debut, Nancy Golden weaves together a dynamic plot brimming with science and bubbling with humanity."
— Kathleen Baldwin, Wall Street Journal best selling author

"Alien Neighbors excites the scientifically-minded while touching our hearts with its warmth."
— Amber Helt, Rooted in Writing

Catch up on Nancy's latest writing endeavors and other fun stuff at https://nancygoldenbooks.com

You can find her Christian nonfiction "Taking Back" series at https://nancygoldentakingbackbooks.com