Claudette Beckford-brady

The Missing Years Claudette Beckford-brady

Publisher Marketing: The Missing Years is the sequel to Beckford-Brady's first novel, Sweet Home, Jamaica which was published in two volumes in May 2007 by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie and subsequently republished by AuthorHouse in 2012. It continues the saga of Michelle Freeman and her extended family. Michelle was born in Jamaica but raised in Britain. When she was nearly fourteen she had discovered a controversy surrounding her birth and learned that the woman raising her was not her mother. The discovery had started her on a quest to find some answers. The initial reunion with her biological mother was not the tear-jerker she had expected so when the families came together for the five-yearly family reunion emotions were running high. Life for Michelle was already full, juggling a career as the co-owner of SmallRock Publications, plus family life, but things were about to be turned on their head. A bungled robbery, a dead youth and a usually devoted husband who has started staying out all night with no explanation... Is Michelle's husband getting too close to her erstwhile mother, Delisia? A poignant, heart-warming tale of family relationships and conflict resolution, spiced with fast-paced drama, The Missing Years is the sequel to Sweet Home, Jamaica and the story unfolds on the beautiful island of Jamaica. Contributor Bio:  Beckford-Brady, Claudette CLAUDETTE BECKFORD-BRADY was born in Old Harbour, Jamaica. In 1964 at the age of seven she joined her parents in Gloucester, England. After leaving school in 1973 she held various clerical and administrative positions before moving to London in 1976, where she joined the British civil service. In 1981 she left the civil service and went to London Borough of Lambeth where she progressed to the level of Personnel & Training Officer. She lived in Brixton, South London from 1977 to 1990 when she left the UK to return to Jamaica where she now resides. Over the years Claudette has won a number of awards for her short stories; SWEET HOME, JAMAICA is her first full length book and this current edition is published in two volumes, although there is a single volume edition which incorporates both Volume 1 and Volume two in a single cover.