diff --git a/examples/AddressbookMain.java b/examples/AddressbookMain.java
index 5fb9c3b..bb41c29 100644
--- a/examples/AddressbookMain.java
+++ b/examples/AddressbookMain.java
@@ -6,14 +6,49 @@ public class AddressbookMain {
     }
 
     public static void printAddressBook() throws java.io.IOException {
-        System.out.println("printing addressbook ...");
         capnp.MessageReader message = capnp.InputStreamMessageReader.create(System.in);
         Addressbook.AddressBook.Reader addressbook = message.getRoot(Addressbook.AddressBook.Reader.factory);
         capnp.StructList.Reader<Addressbook.Person.Reader> people = addressbook.getPeople();
         int size = people.size();
         for(int ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii) {
             Addressbook.Person.Reader person = people.get(ii);
-            System.out.println(person.getName().toString() + ": ");
+            System.out.println(person.getName().toString() + ": " + person.getEmail().toString());
+
+            capnp.StructList.Reader<Addressbook.Person.PhoneNumber.Reader> phones = person.getPhones();
+            for (int jj = 0; jj < phones.size(); ++jj) {
+                Addressbook.Person.PhoneNumber.Reader phone = phones.get(jj);
+                String typeName = "UNKNOWN";
+                switch (phone.getType()) {
+                case MOBILE :
+                    typeName = "mobile";
+                    break;
+                case HOME :
+                    typeName = "home";
+                    break;
+                case WORK :
+                    typeName = "work";
+                    break;
+                }
+                System.out.println("  " + typeName + " phone: " + phone.getNumber().toString());
+            }
+
+            Addressbook.Person.Employment.Reader employment = person.getEmployment();
+            switch (employment.which()) {
+            case UNEMPLOYED :
+                System.out.println("  unemployed");
+                break;
+            case EMPLOYER :
+                System.out.println("  employer: " + employment.getEmployer().toString());
+                break;
+            case SCHOOL :
+                System.out.println("  student at: " + employment.getSchool().toString());
+                break;
+            case SELF_EMPLOYED:
+                System.out.println("  self-employed");
+                break;
+            default :
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/capnp/Text.java b/src/capnp/Text.java
index 273dce2..c75e0a8 100644
--- a/src/capnp/Text.java
+++ b/src/capnp/Text.java
@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@ public class Text {
         public final int offset; // in bytes
         public final int size; // in bytes
 
-        public Reader(ListPointer ptr) {
-            this.buffer = ptr.ptr.buffer;
-            this.offset = ptr.ptr.buffer_offset * 8;
-            this.size = ptr.elementCount();
+        public Reader(WordPointer ptr, int size) {
+            this.buffer = ptr.buffer;
+            this.offset = ptr.offset * 8;
+            this.size = size;
         }
 
         public String toString() {
             byte[] bytes = new byte[this.size];
-            buffer.get(bytes, this.offset, this.size);
+
+            // why is there no absolute get() method on ByteArray?
+            for (int ii = 0; ii < this.size; ++ii) {
+                bytes[ii] = this.buffer.get(this.offset + ii);
+            }
+
             try {
                 return new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
             } catch(java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
diff --git a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
index e9244fb..cd7cb6c 100644
--- a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
+++ b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class WireHelpers {
                                               WirePointer ref) {
         WordPointer ptr = ref.target();
         ListPointer listPtr = new ListPointer(ref);
-        return new Text.Reader(listPtr);
+        int size = listPtr.elementCount();
+        return new Text.Reader(ptr, size);
     }
 }