The Son of an Absent Father
Norval promised Cedella marriage and economic stability, having manipulated her into a romantic relationship with him. But by the time she got pregnant, the man pretty much hit the road. Shortly after Bob’s birth, his father left the family and moved to Kingston, Jamaica. However, he still gave his wife financial support and would occasionally come to visit his son.
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Cedella was determined to give her boy the best life possible, and so she left her home in the rural village behind and made a new life in Kingston. And while Bob carried his father’s surname, he never felt attached to the man who he felt treated his mother so cruelly. According to the BBC, Bob rarely spoke about his father. He carried his anger towards his father for the rest of his life, long after his father died when Bob was 10 years old.