The Bottom of the Sky

Name: The Bottom of the Sky
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Author: William C Pack
ISBN: 9780997776201

William C Pack

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Language: English

Published by Bookman Stuart Publishing, 2016

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The Bottom of the Sky is an aching rags-to-riches family saga that surges from rural squalor into the opulent power chambers of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. The story contrasts the 30-year struggles of an abused sister and brother who seek to reclaim themselves from their abhorrent past. One remains at home, trapped by desecration and addiction. The other escapes and uses uncanny genius and unrelenting ambition to amass staggering wealth. Greed and betrayal power a tense plot involving the FBI, the SEC, and billions of dollars fleeced from brokerage customers and shareholders, while isolation and envy lead to deadly confrontations back home. It is a riveting tale of two disparate worlds joined by one desperate man and his ultimate redemption. This poignant family journey watches dispossessed children become women and men, rising and buckling from their condemnable legacy, craving what they cannot have, loving who they must, hating what they cannot reconcile. The novel deals head on with childhood shame, promiscuity, prejudice and Wall Street's rape of Main Street. It is a tale of genius, madness, and violence; one of extraordinary sacrifice and discovery. It is a journey of hidden destiny. The Bottom of the Sky is a debut novel written by a native Montanan and former senior executive of a Wall Street giant. It is taut and heart-wrenching.and sometimes funny. It is tender and raw and surprising until the shocking end.…

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Title: The Bottom of the Sky
Author: William C Pack
Publisher: Bookman Stuart Publishing
Publication year: 2016
Condition: Good
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN 10: 099777620X
ISBN 13: 9780997776201
Edition: 4th Edition

About the Author

B orn in a rural Montana coal and cow town, William C. (Bill) Pack grew up in an environment beset with all of the attendant difficulties. At 15 years old the courts emancipated him. At 16 he dropped out of high school. At 17 he married and at 18 he became a father. He worked variously as a truck driver, bartender, fry cook, and advertising salesman. When he was 21 he began a successful career as a broker with Merrill Lynch in Billings, Montana. A few years later he was divorced and broke. With his brokerage license and GED, Bill transferred to Northern California where he rose to become the youngest Executive VP/Divisional Director at Smith Barney Shearson (later, Citigroup Smith Barney). His business and financial acumen became renowned. Bill ran a division managing many billions of dollars and met regularly with past and current chief executives of the largest financial firms in the world. He spoke to thousands of investment professionals and investors, shared podiums with CEOs, a presidential chief economic adviser, a governor, the executive director of the California Treasury’s Debt Advisory Commission, and many other notables. Bill served a prestigious three-year appointment with the NASD (now FINRA), the S.E.C.’s partner in regulating Wall Street. Along the way, through Menttium 100, Bill volunteered as a mentor for female executives at both Hewlett Packard and JPMorgan. He has worked at and financially supported many charities, most particularly women’s and children’s advocacy groups. When Bill became seriously ill at 43, he quit the financial world to pursue lifelong goals. He took the SAT college entrance exams and earned acceptance into Stanford University where he became Stanford’s lone undergraduate director for an archaeological project. He won the Annual Reviews Prize in Anthropological Sciences for his thesis and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. During college, Bill published a poem, and shortly afterward, his first short story. The Bottom of the Sky is his first novel. Bill Pack is married with four grown children. When he’s not in Montana, he lives in Northern California. In addition to working on his next novel, he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of the Americas. iamericas.org

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