Author Mitch Albom
Country United States
Genre Fiction
Publication Date 2013
Pages 323
As the name suggests, this book is based in a small town where a few select people start receiving phone calls from their loved ones in heaven. As the news of this spreads, the entire town is gripped with excitement and apprehension. The messages from the deceased loved ones (that heaven is a beautiful place and that life doesn't end but rather starts with death) are made public and the entire town erupts with faith, love & pure happiness! Through a series of events, it is finally divulged that these calls were being made by someone on earth but the underlying faith and emotion that they have stirred are hard to pass by.
Mitch Albom has once again very assiduously appealed to our innermost desire: the desire to believe in a power larger than us. It is this faith that gives us the conviction to face the hardships of life. While there are believers and non believers; there is hardly anyone who does not "want" to believe or would not welcome a "reason" to believe.
Being a "believer" at heart, I found this book speaking to me like none other!
Genre Fiction
Publication Date 2013
Pages 323
I find
myself reading almost all of Mitch Albom's books. To me, they present
a refreshing air of faith and spirituality without bring preachy.
"The First phone call from Heaven" continues to do exactly
this and thus it's no suprise that I really enjoyed the book!
As the name suggests, this book is based in a small town where a few select people start receiving phone calls from their loved ones in heaven. As the news of this spreads, the entire town is gripped with excitement and apprehension. The messages from the deceased loved ones (that heaven is a beautiful place and that life doesn't end but rather starts with death) are made public and the entire town erupts with faith, love & pure happiness! Through a series of events, it is finally divulged that these calls were being made by someone on earth but the underlying faith and emotion that they have stirred are hard to pass by.
Mitch Albom has once again very assiduously appealed to our innermost desire: the desire to believe in a power larger than us. It is this faith that gives us the conviction to face the hardships of life. While there are believers and non believers; there is hardly anyone who does not "want" to believe or would not welcome a "reason" to believe.
Being a "believer" at heart, I found this book speaking to me like none other!
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