The first phone call from heaven
Readers rate it 3.3 (43 on Hardcover)
326 pages · Released 2013 · Harper
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This is an adult literary novel about grief, faith, and redemption centered on a small town experiencing mysterious phone calls from heaven. While the premise is fantastical, the book deals with mature emotional themes including loss, broken families, and spiritual doubt. The protagonist is a disgraced pilot returning from prison, and the story explores how people respond to hope and potential miracles. It's thoughtful rather than sensational, but the emotional weight and adult concerns make it better suited for teens than younger readers.
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From the publisher
The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? As news of these strange calls spreads, outsiders flock to Coldwater to be part of it. At the same time, a disgraced pilot named S... The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? As news of these strange calls spreads, outsiders flock to Coldwater to be part of it. At the same time, a disgraced pilot named Sully Harding returns to Coldwater from prison to discover his hometown gripped by "miracle fever"." Even his young son carries a toy phone, hoping to hear from his mother in heaven. As the calls increase, and proof of an afterlife begins to surface, the town, and the world, transforms. Only Sully, convinced there is nothing beyond this sad life, digs into the phenomenon, determined to disprove it for his child and his own broken heart. Moving seamlessly between the invention of the telephone in 1876 and a world obsessed with the next level of communication, the author takes readers on a breathtaking ride of frenzied hope. -- From book jacket.
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- Heaven
- Future life
- Single fathers
- Belief and doubt
- City and town life
- Fiction
- Roman
- Christmas
- Fanaticism
- Miracles
- Single parents
- Impostors and imposture
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ISBN 9780062294371 · Harper