Big George: An Autobiography of an Angel

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Summary: This was a comforting and inspiration book.
Review: Having been distraught over my own miscarriage, this little book brought comfort, hope and inspiration. After reading this, I felt a great lift of my spirit knowing that my baby was in Heaven. NMR Sen

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Summary: A soulfully inspriational experience.
Review: I have read many inspirational books over the years, but this one is the best of all of them. It only took me about an hour and a half to read the whole book. When I got to the last two pages, my eyes were so filled with tears that I had to stop and wipe them away in order to finish. These were not tears of sadness. They were tears of joy. I felt as though my soul had been washed clean. The feeling that I experienced was beyond description. The closest I can come to describing it is to say that I felt a "light and lightness" within me that I have experienced only on the most rare and spiritually invoked occasions. Since reading this book I have tried to find copies of it in the local bookstores, only to find that most of them never heard of it. (I had gotten it from the library) It was listed on their computerized catalogs, but they did not have any in stock, nor had they ever until I finally found one single copy at a local Border's Bookstore. I ran right up and got it because I wanted to give a copy to my therapist for Christmas. I also ordered two more copies to have on hand to give to others. It is good to know that I can get this book through Amazon and at a much lower cost! What a wonder that this book has never even made it onto a best seller list.

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Summary: big George was put here to teach us about love.
Review: I lost a grand baby and was told about this book while he was in the hospitol. I read it (before Kaleb died) and cried, Kaileb weighed the same as Big George. Reading the book did make me realize that he was an angel that God gave us for a short time on this earth to love .Oh how we loved him ,it also showed us how much nurses go thru caring for these babies, and how much they hurt when they lose one.They are very special people. God is always in control. He taught us that life is so precious and we can't take it for granted not for one second. Reading this book made me realize Kaleb was a little person thou he couldn't speak or make a sound he had feeling just like you and me. My daughter was a wonderful mother being at Kaleb's side and I don't know how she did it watching him die a little each day but I do know God gave her the strength .I was only a grand parent I know what I went tru.We would talk to him and I know he heard us when we told him it was time to go and he put up a good fight and that we loved him .He looked at me when I talked to him like he knew it was time. Shortly after that we went.The book gave me comfort.It changed my attitude about life.being more caring for others.there will always be a part of Kaleb with me.Reading the book made me feel better about letting Kaleb go.Reading Big George made me cry but i would buy the book and tell others about it too.

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Summary: I loved it!!!!!
Review: I think this story was the greatest story I have ever read! Even though I am only a kid(10 years old) I understood it very well. I think it was the most adorable story ever written. I loved the way Big George could talk to Jim. In the end, it was kind of depressing, in a way but also joyous!

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Summary: Comforting reading for parents who lose a preemie.
Review: I was given this book by a friend I met in support group. The hospital had given it to her when her 1-yr-old died. I found the book to be very comforting, and it brought tears to my eyes. It is a very religious book, and although I am not a regular attender of church, it made me certain that my son, who died as a preemie after only 27 days, was also an angel. I plan to buy several copies to give to other mothers I meet in support groups. It is a very short book and can be read in less than a couple hours, but has a powerful message to those who are grieving.

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Summary: Neonatal nurse nit-picking
Review: In the book they say the baby is "Forty-four grams, pound and a half". Well, just so you all know, 44 grams is not even 2 ounces! Approximately 595 grams equal a pound and a half. What a silly mistake...


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Summary: A revelation (literally) - it showed me God
Review: Praise be, praise be. This book shows you God's face, his hands, his especially prominent left thumb. Praise be, hallelujah. Oh yes. A beautiful work that will make even the ayatollah into Christian. Praise be.

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Summary: Excellent Message
Review: This is not a book, this is an inspirational and educational instrument to teach us to love one of each others. George had a mission with us the humans, I cried a lot, but I understood, that when God sends little Angels like George we have to respect his decision and intentions. I loved the book.

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Summary: wished there had been an option for zero stars!!!!!
Review: This was the most boring, predictable and slow reading book I have ever read. It went on and on and on!!!!! We knew what was coming in the end, but it took sooooo long to get there! It's like taking a whole chapter to describe a boy eating an apple and how good it tasted. It's great to have description, yes, but there is only so much the average audience can take. Furthermore, I couldn't beleive it when I read some of the other reviews that said they gave this book as a GIFT to Pregnant women??!!! What kind of a gift is that for a pregnant woman? When someone is adopting a new puppy, do we give them "Benji goes to heaven?" COME ON PEOPLE!!!!! If you want to waste your time with sappy, crappy, religious, bible thumping mumbo jumbo, than this is the book for you. Enough said.....

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Summary: Wonderful and Insightful
Review: three years ago, i lost my brother, who was almost 2 at the time. he drowned, which isnt the same circumstances as those in the book. but during the next week, big george was sitting on a table in my house. so i read it and immeadiately identified with the plot and the anguish of the characters, and especially the the angelic nature of big george. the book is definitely an excellent choice for not only parents of a young child that died, but also other members of that family.