A Christmas Carol and Then

Have you ever wondered about the end of the story? One of the most magical stories ever written ended too soon. So, we took leave of Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas morning in the midst of celebrations with his nephew Fred, followed by his gifts and reparations to the Cratchit family. But that can't be the end of the story. What about all the many broken lives and fortunes for which Ebenezer bore such a deep responsibility? How did Bob Cratchit respond to the sudden good fortune that landed on his doorstep that fine Christmas morning? Don't be content with your own unanswered questions. Read this first-hand account of the succeeding months and years. First-hand, you wonder? Yes, this book was authored by Hob Bopkins--who struggled with an apparent schizophrenia until he realized the truth. He finally came to realize that his flashes of events in London in distant times were vivid, imbedded memories of his previous life as Bob Cratchit Join in the exploration of the way in which Bob was seduced by the unforeseen rise in fortune and business opportunity. Discover how Mr. Scrooge re-emerges from the private reclusive life he chose for himself. See what he did after he left his countinghouse, but not all his money, in the "capable" hands of the earnest and "well-meaning" former clerk. Enjoy the journey of Hob Bopkins--after he is able to distinguish his former life from his current one. Follow him in his exploration of a life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as he stumbles from one romantic adventure after another. Ultimately, he experiences his own version of the magic of Ebenezer Scrooge's sojourn with the Spirits. This took place some one hundred and seventy years after Ebeneezer's Christmas Eve awakening. See what parallels you find between two men born a continent apart and living in two distinct cultures. First, see the continued lives of those characters the world has come to love It was a time when Great Britain was the dominant force in the Eurocentric world of the early nineteenth century. Second, study the story of a man joined in conscious to beloved Bob Hob being a product of the baby boomer generation, may make this novel more fun and intriguing.