Finding Peter
A True Story of the Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life after Death

2.5 stars. Half memoir/half Blatty describing scenarios that he thinks prove there’s life after death. I loved how funny he is in it and his memories of his late mother, but some parts really did drag for me.......more

Though I've been a loyal fan of William Peter Blatty for nearly 20 years since first reading The Exorcist, and despite having been blown away several times by his more extreme declarations, I was kind of dreading this. The title, the emotive cover of a deceased child… it appeared as if he had joined......more

To say that you "enjoyed" this book really takes a little work. Peter Blatty puts his heart and soul into making the reader meet, and love his son, Peter. He tells us little things about his child...much like any proud parent would do...however because of the huge impact that his movie The Exorcist......more

eponymous-ey sentence: p9: All right, let me say it plainly: ever since his passing in 2006, our beloved son Peter has been giving me his mother almost unremitting evidence of his continuing, active, and unbounded existence and I intend to pass this evidence along to you, for the task of this book, i......more

Following the drift of the book I believe it was sheer providence of coming across it and having the pleasure of reading. Yes, this book follows a non to common drive..the first few chapters acquaint us with the writers early life. Hopefully many of you recognize this is the same writer as the same......more