GONE TO PUBLISH!

It won't be long, now! Everything has gone up to the publisher except the manuscript and Gibbo's photos. You will soon be reading this moving life story that has taken over two years to write. The book will be published in hard cover, paperback, and e-book and will, within a few weeks after publication, be available on Nook and Kindle. Please congratulate Gibbo by signing on to the blog and leaving him a comment here from time-to-time.

            Through tears of remembrance, Gibbo relives the pain of loss that sends him spiraling into despondency as childhood dreams are dashed on the rocks of bereavement. He takes to the soccer ball that is his bastion, to the game that identifies him, learning that there is eventually a reprieve and he must make the exchange of beauty for ashes if he is to move on in life.

Follow Gibbo as he coaches and teaches soccer in the Black Country of England, in America, and with his soccer camps the world over, including Coaching for Conservation in Botswana, Africa.

But far more emotional than Gibbo’s trials and triumphs in the world of soccer is the thought of his grandchildren a continent away, growing older and taller by the day, and he is not there to see it happen. He learns a man’s worth is not measured in dollars and cents or in British pound but in a job well done whether in Europe, South Asia, Africa, or the USA, and that the icing on his cake is an annual trip to The Black Country of England to strengthen the ties that bind.

Jane Bennett Gaddy

Writer for GIBBO