From a one-room house on Tulip Lane in Denham Town to classrooms in London and Florida, Horatio Ward maps a life in three bold movements—Roots, Crossing, Becoming. In Jamaica, a boy nicknamed “Rambo” learns grit, grace, and the poetry of schoolboy football at St George’s College. In London, a young teacher confronts cold systems and warmer communities, finding his voice in corridors where accents collide and futures are negotiated. In America, a husband, father, and educator rebuilds again, turning classrooms into sanctuaries and setbacks into lesson plans.

Threaded through are the people who anchor him: Mama Marva, whose quiet sacrifices shape his compass; Sharon, equal parts steel and tenderness; Jilisha and Rhys, whose dreams keep the lights on; and the wider village—from Kingston bus parks to North London estates—who teach him that home is both a place and a promise.

Told with the cadence of the Caribbean and the clarity of a teacher’s chalk line, A Journey in Three Acts is a memoir about migration, manhood, and the stubborn hope that education can change everything. It is a love letter to family, to students, and to the belief that a child who reads becomes an adult who thinks—and acts.