The First Phone Call from Heaven
by Mitch Albom
Description
When the residents of a small Michigan town begin receiving phone calls from deceased loved ones, the quiet community becomes the center of a worldwide phenomenon that challenges everything we believe about life, death, and the afterlife. As news of these miraculous—or fraudulent—calls spreads, outsiders descend on Coldwater seeking proof of heaven, transforming the town into a beacon of desperate hope. Sully Harding, a disgraced pilot returning home from prison, finds himself at odds with the "miracle fever" gripping his hometown, determined to expose the truth for the sake of his grieving son and his own shattered faith. Weaving between the invention of the telephone in 1876 and a modern world obsessed with connection beyond death, Mitch Albom crafts a profound meditation on communication, loss, and the human longing for reassurance that transcends mortality. This sweeping narrative explores whether we're witnessing the greatest miracle ever recorded or an elaborate deception that reveals more about our desperate need to believe than about the mysteries of the afterlife.
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paperback
Harper
Published Jan 1, 2013
326 pages
ISBN: 9780062294371
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First Published
2013
Language
eng
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