The story centers around Eddie, a wounded war veteran. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies and reawakens in the afterlife, where he learns the true nature of “heaven.” Also she explains that we will face a life review, that will cover EVERYTHING that we did and we will know how we felt about it--but also how our actions impacted others! (This makes so much sense. As I've realized when going through old journals and talking to my daughter about her childhood, we often go through life blithely unaware of the meaning and impact of what we are doing.)

Bhavnagri’s sons died in a car accident. She and her husband spoke to the boys through a medium, and they requested that their parents develop a technique of concentration to help them communicate directly. This book is a translation of “the laws of the spirit world” as told to Bhavnagri by her sons from the afterlife.After you read this book, go watch Wonder Park (2019). Here comes spoilers for the rest of the review: You will find how children act after a parent dies just like the book. Also cocoons are there. So, what if the protagonist was dead and not the parent? Dr. Deepak Chopra is a global leader and pioneer in mind-body medicine. In this book on the afterlife, he explores the theory that death is an illusion and the soul survives. The book aims to help people overcome their fears about death and consider that more awaits us in the afterlife. Susie relates the tragic event of her death in the intelligent voice of a teenage girl, speaking from a strange location that’s much like a school playground. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model. In this work she proposed the now famous Five Stages of Grief as a pattern of adjustment. These five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In general, individuals experience most of these stages, though in no defined sequence, after being faced with the reality of their impending death. The five stages have since been adopted by many as applying to the survivors of a loved one’s death, as well. I'm a skeptic and consider myself rooted in science. I'm not overly spiritual and not religious - yet I've struggled with letting go of spirituality completely, as that never made much sense to me given how many things in this universe we do not understand. These essays started off great for me, hearing Kübler-Ross' thoughts on "the source" of our energy and her observations on death and dying. The woman is a literal pioneer in the field and I trust her opinions.

The loss of a pet is always heartbreaking and causes one to wonder if they’ll meet them again in the afterlife. Anderson, an animal communicator and afterlife expert, shares evidence that our pets continue to send us messages after they are gone. This book might be a good sympathy gift to provide comfort to someone grieving a lost pet. These 21 books about dying, death, and accepting the inevitable will help you grieve or prepare for death in your own way. We’ll offer our top book choices on dying and death in both fiction and nonfiction. Reasons to Read Books About Death In the same way it is a blessing to have cancer. I don't want to minimize the bad parts that go along with cancer, but I want you to know that there are thousands of things that are worse than cancer" My Sister’s Keeper tells the story of 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald as she comes to understand her role in her sister’s survival. The novel takes an emotional look at how one family handles a child’s terminal illness. This is why even little children die--they mastered the lessons they needed to learn in this life, sooner than others might.Winter just irked me the ENTIRE time. She literally did not learn a thing after serving 15 years in prison! Brooklyn is where she grew up. Brooklyn is hood. You know what they say: you can take the girl out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the girl. This definitely rings true for little ol Winter.