Redemption Time is the enthralling story of a 16yearold boy, William Carpenter, from a reasonably privilegedfamily who is told by his father that the family has been hit by a major financialdisaster.The familyhome and land will have to be sold and he will have to leave his public school as his father canno longer afford to pay the fees.In other words, they are bust.What he does, having delved into the family archives and history, forms the essence of the story taking him, as a deckhand, on a banana boat to the West Indies. There, on the island of Barbados, on a chance meeting on shore leave with a businessman, he discovers that his ancestor of 200 years ago who he knew had spent time there, had been one of the first and most successful sugar planters.It was this ancestor who had made the family fortune, now dissipated by his heirs and successors.On the island, his ancestors name is still a legend.On the banana boat, his deckhand duties catches the eye of a passenger, a selfmade businessman and his wife taking a leisurely cruise as part of a recovery programme from a heart attack. He mentions to Will to contact him should he ever feel in need of a change or advice in the future.After more voyages on the ship, Will decides that the time to change has come and contacts his man, Mr Mallory.The offshoot is that Mallory offers him a job but that is all.The rest, he says "Is up to you"Wills progress up the ladder to assistant manager of one of the leading branches of the firm,...

Binding: Paperback;418 pages; Publisher: Filament Publishing; Classification: N/A; Weight: 677.92 g; Dimensions: N/A

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