AMANDA J. reviewed on 11/25/2005 + 68 more book reviews

BOOK FLAP: ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT THE LIFE DRAIN FROM ME. AND THEN THERE WAS THIS TERRIFIC PULL, LIKE SOMEONE WAS YANKING ME OUT FROM UNDER THE VIBRATING BARACALOUNGER. ONE FATEFUL DAY IN 1988, LUCKY, MOTHER OF THIRTEEN, "DIED" IN THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL FOLLOWING VETERINARY SURGERY. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, LUCKY SHARES HER INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES FROM HER JOURNEY THROUGH THE PEARLY CAT DOORS AND BEYOUND. HER UNFORGETTABLE STORY IS BOTH INSPITATIONAL AND TRIUPANT, AND PROVIDES COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH FOR OUR FOUR FOOTED FRIENDS. AND LUCKY IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY CATS WHOSE REMARKABLE TESTIMONY MAKE THIS ASTOUNDING AND EXTRAORDINARY BOOK, THE MOST PROFOUND AND COMPLETE FELINE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES EVER! WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF NEAR-DEAth experiences but only from the human PERSPECTIVE. THIS GENUSBIAS BLINDS US TO NEW INSIGHTS. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN SOMEONE HAS PASSED AWAY, WE SOMETIMES SAY THAT HE OR SHE CROAKED. DO FROGS KNOW SOMETHING MORE ABOUT DYING? WHERE ARE THE LOST STORIES OF ANIMALS WHO TRAVEL TO HEAVEN AND BACK, SOME AS MANY AS NINE TIMES? IN AN UNPRECEDENTED STUDY, THE AUTHORS HAVE COMPLIED THE FINDINGS FROM OVER 2,000 INTERVIEWS WITH FELINES ACROSS AMERICAN, EACH ACCCOUNT REVEALS STARTLING PHENOMENA, INCLUDING:-FLYING GUARDIAN CATS - CAREFREE ROMPS THROUGH CATNIP GARDENS - GUILT-FREE SHREDDING OF SOFAS, CHAIRS, AND DRAPES - AND ONE CAT WHO GOES TO THE OTHER PLACE.... MANKIND HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM THESE SPLENDID TALES. IN SHARING THEM, THESE CATS HOPE TO BRING HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR FELLOW FELINES CLOSER TO THE LIGHT THAT PETS US ALL!

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