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The Way Back
by
Jim Claggett
When Curtis Harvey, the sixty-five-year-old coach for the Winakwa Warriors football team, is knocked unconscious during a practice, he wakes up lying on the field. But something is different—for starters, he's wearing the practice jersey for the team he played for decades ago. And he’s not bald anymore; he has a full head of hair. Curtis has somehow travelled back in time to his hometown in 1974, and he’s eighteen again. Although desperate to get back to his wife and kids in the future, he is given a second chance to repair relationships with friends and family. He attends classes, plays football with his old team, and even tries to reconnect with his estranged father. When Curtis meets another man who time travelled to 1974, they find a scientist who has a plan for them to return to the future. The only problem is: it might not work, leaving Curtis stranded back in time. Will he ever meet his wife? Will he parent his children? Is it worth risking everything for the chance to return to his old life?
Jim Claggett spent forty-plus years as a journalist, working in radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. He played a lot of sports growing up and has coached football players from twelve to forty years old. He is an avid golfer and does the play-by-play for the Sylvan Lake Gulls of the Western Canadian Baseball League. He lives in Red Deer, Alberta, with his wife, Janice. They have two children, Taryn and Evan. He is a member of the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Golf Journalists’ Association of Canada.
Contributors
- Author
- Jim Claggett
- Illustrator
- Jeff Powers