Nevisian Author Publishes His Caribbean Story
Where there is a will, there is a way! That is the message Nevis Island Minister is sending out to the Nevis youngsters.
“You can achieve regardless of age.” Nevis Minister Hensley Daniel said this to the youths of Nevis, as he celebrated Nevisian author and senior citizen Bertram Roach of Hamilton for his novel, Only God Can Make A Tree.
Daniel recently told the Department of Information he was proud of Roach’s achievement and offered public acknowledgement of his accomplishment. 
Sun St. Kitts/Nevis newspaer quotes:
“What that must say to the younger people, is that if you develop a purpose in life and you work toward achieving that purpose, you can do just about anything. Mr. Roach says to Nevisians you can achieve regardless of age,” he said.
Daniel, who is also responsible for youths in the island, urged young people to get busy instead of wasting time to get involved in crime, violence and drug abuse.
This book actually sounds like amust read for me, as a Nevis Lover!
The novel, published by Athenia Press in the United Kingdom, tells the story of post-slavery Caribbean life.
According to Roach, his book details the culture, festivities and realities of the period and place. It was set in St. Kitts.
“This is not the usual story of pirates and local stories. It tells of what happened to the offspring of the slaves and the mixture of the races….
“I grew up on a sugar plantation in St. Kitts and Nevis. The stories I tell are my real stories,” he said and added that he had already completed the manuscript for his second novel.
BOOK DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS… PROVIDED BY ATHENAPRESS.COM:
Adrian is the son of a black Caribbean woman and an Irish immigrant father, and is blessed with the pale skin and European features to allow him social mobility in the rigidly hierarchical society of twentieth-century Caribbean life. He falls in love, but is offered the opportunity to improve his social standing, and thus the rest of his life, if he can suppress his heart’s desire and decide with his head. Will he choose Julia, the only woman he has ever really loved, and settle for being an overseer, or will he opt for the plantation- owner’s daughter, Alice Mills, who could provide him with the social standing he has always dreamed of?
The consequences of his eventual decision are weighty and far-reaching, affecting not only Adrian, but all those around him, showing the harsh realities of life in this earthly paradise. Set on the idyllic islands of St Kitts and Nevis, this gripping saga is the true story of a family of mixed race and mixed fortunes.
You can buy his book online at any of the following websites:
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Becca Briley
