The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom

The First Phone Call from Heaven: A Novel by Mitch Albom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The day that Sullivan “Sully” Harding is released from prison, some people in Coldwater, Michigan began to get phone calls from heaven.
The news reported that Sully had been responsible for the death of his wife, Giselle. She was the love of his life and mother to their young son. It was a last minute decision to cover for a sick co-worker and a chance to see his wife that made Sully agree to fly that day. Unfortunately, he knew the rules against drinking before flying a plane when he risked everything that day. He didn’t realize that his mistake would cause his wife’s death. There were a lot of rumors when Sully went to prison for causing the accident which killed his wife. When he is released from prison he returns to his hometown, Coldwater, where his parents have been caring for his son, Jules. That very day people start getting phone calls from heaven. Once word about the phone calls from heaven get around, Coldwater is never the same again.
It doesn’t take long for the small town of Coldwater to become crowded with visitors who want to be apart of the miracle. The quiet town changes as the many guests and residents divide into groups who believe and those who feel the whole story is a scam.

Sully was determined to uncover the mystery of the phone calls.
“He would attack this phony heaven thing. Expose it as the fraud it had to be. He may have been imprisoned, he may have been disgraced, he may have been scraping by in a new lousy life, but he still had his brain. He still knew the difference between the truth and a lie. He would do for his son-and for others dealing with real loss-what had never been done for him. Get to the bottom of the story.”


“It was the day the world received its first phone call from heaven. What happened next depends on how much you believe.”


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