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This is because it is written in such a way that you can relate to it no matter what your circumstances, it strikes a cord in anyone who is close to their families and have ever wondered if there was life after death.
Justine Picardie writes about her feelings and actions after the death of her younger sister Ruth and the pain she feels when she can't remember what Ruth's voice sounds like.The book chronicles her attempts to 'contact' Ruth and the very different views on how this is done.
It has humour as well as heart breaking honesty and has the ability to make you laugh, cry and open your mind to the possibilities of life and contact after death. Thought provokiing and very, very interesting.
A lot of it focusses on her attempt to contact her sister, who died of cancer, and of her studying of the afterlife. She has a subjective view on it all, which varies from convinced to "what a load of rubbish" which I could totally relate to. I personally found myself relating to most of what she said, and that alone made the book great to read.
This was the first book I had read on bereavement and grief, but it now won't be the last.
Try it.
Perhaps the strangest parts of the book are where she encounters people who believe that by leaving a tape recorder running in a silent room, the voices of dead people can be heard when the tape is replayed repetively and at various speeds and volumes, or even in reverse. The adherents of this technique are convinced that they hear messages from the departed in these recordings but Ruth fails to hear the long sought-for messages.
Although the book is ostensibly about Ruth's search, a very powerful sub-text describes the impact of the immense grief she feels. Personally I find this more interesting than the more exotic accounts of the outer fringes of the occult. It is greatly moving to read how love between family members can be so intense that the whole life of the surviving relative can be dominated by a sense of loss.
I think this is a very valuable book and one I will be pleased to keep on my shelf and lend to others rather than passing straight to the Oxfam shop like so many recent purchases.
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