Backwards by Jim Moore

About the book

Bradley Cole is a 67-year-old man living in a small boy's body. But it wasn't always that way.
Bradley had careers in music and advertising. He is a recent widower, who can't cope with life without his wife. He tries to find peace in psychological and religious books. Nothing helps.
His only offspring, Robin, a psychologist, lives in Atlanta but they talk often by e-mail.
Bradley's friend, Alex, an endocrinologist, tries to help him. He give him The Quantum Universe, a book based on the theory that time is an illusion. This can free you from the "time bind" and give you peace.
The theory also says you can slow your body's aging process--by controlling what you think.
This hooks Bradley. He meets Shirley Trenton, a charming widow. They study the quantum idea together.
During a session, Bradley's obsession for staying young mysteriously backfires: his cells go wild. Everyone notices he is getting younger. No doctor can explain it. Bradley goes from worry to panic.
Suddenly, a computer "entity" begins talking to Bradley. It gradually "guides" him away from his physical trauma toward more spirituality. The screen shows him some "bad" scenes from his earlier years.
As Bradley goes backwards, he sees the person he was, and how he hurt some people. The "entity's" messages become his enlightenment, his epiphany.
Near the end, Bradley, now a boy, gets hit by a car. A cop tells Shirley it was a man that got hit. At the hospital, she sees a boy in bed. Bradley tells her that he had an opportunity to go back to what he was, but he has found peace and chose to let nature have its way with him. Shirley understands. They express their undying love, no matter what lies ahead.

About the author

After a successful career in music, Jim Moore went into the advertising business where he held key creative positions with several large agencies. His advertising and marketing campaigns have won numerous awards, including a national "Telly".

To date, he has authored four novels, including, "Marketing the Messiah", "Island of Ashes", "They Should Live So Long", and "Backwards".
He is a contributing columnist for the Tallahassee Democrat, and also writes a weekly newspaper feature, "Funetiks".
Jim Moore is currently a freelance writer and advertising consultant. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida.