in his fathers shoes
a fortyish cancer stricken emaciated frank crosby louis gossett jr. and his fifteen year old son clay robert richard who is the healthful youthful image of his father are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of venice beach . they enter oddities a store where the gypsy woman owner gives them a pair of special wingtip shoes . later that night in the hospital where frank lay dying he shares with clay his memory of a postcard image a golf course where people are playing and are leisurely sipping tea . frank dies and leaves behind a distraught family clay his little sister maggie shadia simmons and their mother janice barbara eve harris . clay wistfully goes to his fathers closet and finds the wingtips from earlier in the day . putting them on he is transported back in time and becomes his father as a child . he discovers he can travel back and forth in time just by putting on or taking off the shoes . clay learns a great deal about his fathers early years and is eager to learn mor . br br chapter selection interactive menus . br br .