What If God Were the Sun

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Summary: Grief and Love
Review: A beautiful story with the message that grief is the other face of love and that those we love are always with us, even after they have crossed over. The story is simple, easy to read, and full of hope and love.

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Summary: Touching Story and a must read for all who exp death
Review: I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone who experienced a loss of a loved one. This book helps explain how we are all connected to the after-life and allows us to maintain contact with those we've loved and loss. I recommend this book to anyone who has lossed a pet, or to someone who is having a hard time explaining death to a young child. What if God were the sun, it's such a simple concept. maybe he is!

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Summary: Absolutely Fantastic!
Review: I read this book in a little over 2 hours ... I simply could not put it down. Anyone who has lost someone dear to them needs to read this book. John Edward drives home the point that our lives here on Earth are temporary and we'll all be together again in the Afterlife. It's a very comforting, albeit short, novel that warms the heart and assures the reader that our departed loved ones are still with us, watching over us. Although the story itself was simple, I found myself smiling a lot while reading it. Many of the instances proving life-after-death rang true to me, i.e., feeling a tap on the shoulder soon after the death of a loved one. That happened to my sister-in-law about 5 mins. after my father-in-law died in his hospital bed.

I ordered this book for my best friend who recently lost her husband. She's not a "believer" in psychics, but I'm confident she'll enjoy this book since it's a novel and not the typical "psychic reading" book. John Edward is the best! So, buy this book for a quick, warm & fuzzy read!

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Summary: Awesome
Review: This was the most beautiful book I have ever read. I could not put this book down. I read it in one day and cried my eyes out. Not a sad cry a happy and mystical cry. It was great.

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Summary: Moving!
Review: This was an AWESOME book. I love John and his views on life and death. This book was so moving I cried constantly.

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Summary: Easy Reading
Review: This is a very easy, relaxing book that we all can walk back into a memory and remember when this was happening to us.

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Summary: Death is NOT the end!
Review: I have had several family members (this also meaning pets) pass on recently, and found it very difficult to move on without them. This book helped me realize that death is not the end. It is the beginning!

When friends of mine have loved ones pass on, I purchase this book to give to them, so that they too may realize how much our loved ones spirits are with us. I thank John Edwards for sharing his gift with all of us!

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Summary: Not what I was expecting
Review: I was expecting a book similar to "One Last Time"; however, as I was reading this I kept waiting for the connection with John's real life. I saw some parallels with his mother being diagnosed with cancer and thought somehow this would tie in to the story. Honestly, I was disappointed. But this is why it is a NOVEL. All in all, it was good. . . . but I was expecting OUT OF THIS WORLD! I can't wait to read his next book!

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Summary: A Rethinking of life after death
Review: I thought this book was really good. It has made me rethink life and how when you die you are really still here in spirit. I was never really a believer in life after death but as i read this book and One last time i realized that maybe there is life after death. This book is touching and heartbreaking as i think of what it would be like if i lost my parents (which i thank god i haven't yet) and how i will still be able to "keep intouch" with them spiritually. Thank you John for making me see that our loved ones are still with us.

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Summary: A fascinating book by an equally-fascinating author.
Review: Lately, I've become fascinated, if not quite addicted, to watching a late-night program called "Crossings with John Edward." John Edward is a psychic medium who claims he communicates with people who have passed from this life, and from watching his show, I'd say his claims are pretty good - but that's another story. Edward has branched out into the literary world to bring his message of validation in this life in his new novel, "What If God Were The Sun?"

In his story, the central character is Timothy Callahan, a man who hails from a large Italian American family, a typical close-knit family that loves big gatherings. But above all else, the Callahans love one another. However tragedy has struck this boisterious family when Timothy's mother discovers she has cancer.

As the family struggles to deal with this new phase of their lives, Timothy begins to wonder what happens after someone dies, when they cross over to the afterlife. In one instance as the family watches old home movies, he wonders to himself, "As I look over at my mom, I know that she's wondering if all these faces of yesteryear will be the faces of her tomorrows. Will she see them when she crosses over? Will her loved ones welcome her on the other side, as we all want to believe? I hope so."

As his mother's struggles with her battle with cancer progresses, Timothy remembers back to his childhood when his mother explained that God was the sun, an epiphany that becomes more tangible as he wrestles with impending death. As the story comes to it's emotional and dramatic end, is it the death of Timothy's mother we've been following or someone else's journey to the afterlife? Readers will be surprised.

"What If God Were The Sun?" will probably not win any big prizes for being great literature, and at some points it's hard to figure out just who the narrator is talking about, but it's overall message is relatively simple. Edward's main point is to pass along the message of letting the important people in your life know that you care for them in this lifetime. He offers a comforting message that love that can bridge even death.

In his work as a psychic medium, Edward helps survivors work through the overwhelming and sometimes unbearable grief of losing a loved one. I was personally touched by this sensitive story. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, it's kind of nice to think that the ones we love might be watching out for us after they're gone. I'd like to think my dad and aunt are watching out for me.

Sharon Galligar Chance, Times Record News