The Boss is a work of fiction and Mike Upton's fourth novel. The
book is a challenging story set in the world of business and tells
how Helen Buckley an accountant by training and profession,
attempts to fight her way to the top in a highly competitive and
difficult corporate world controlled and dominated by men. It
follows her early life, her many love affairs, her marriage and the
reasons for its failure, as well as charting her progress as she
struggles to prove that she is as good as a man in solving company
problems and confronting business difficulties. Innovative in
finding solutions to business problems she gains a reputation as an
expert wheeler dealer which leads her to decide to branch out on
her own by setting up her own business consultancy which soon
becomes highly successful. However the stress of her business life
leads her on an increasingly steep downward path towards alcoholism
which threatens to destroy her business, her personal relationships
and ultimately her life. Her battle against the ravages and effects
of alcoholism are well and accurately documented, as are her
attempts to overcome the effects of this awful illness. A moving
and sensitive story, with an interesting twist in that there is a
choice of endings.
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