Glimpsing Heaven, Judy Bachrach
Glimpsing Heaven, Judy Bachrach
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Glimpsing Heaven
The Stories and Science of Life after Death

Author: Judy Bachrach

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2014

Synopsis

If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to come back to life?Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of those who died and then returned to life with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while they were dead, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical death—the moment when the heart stops beating and brain stem activity ceases—is not necessarily the end of consciousness, as a number of doctors are now beginning to concede. Hundreds of thousands of fascinating post-death experiences have been documented, and for many who have died and returned, life is forever changed.These days, an increasing number of scientific researchers are turning their studies to people who have experienced what the author calls death travels—putting stock and credence in the sights, encounters, and exciting experiences reported by those who return from the dead. Through interviews with scores of these "death travelers," and with physicians, nurses, and scientists unraveling the mysteries of the afterlife, Bachrach redefines the meaning of both life and death. Glimpsing Heaven reveals both the uncertainty and the surprising joys of life after death.

About Judy Bachrach

Judy Bachrach, a renowned investigative journalist, is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and professor of journalism at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. She was educated at Chatham College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work as a hospice volunteer inspired her investigations into life after death

About Susan Boyce

Susan Boyce is the award-winning narrator of over 140 audiobooks. She performs in variety theater, is one half of the song-and-dance team of Jones & Boyce, and holds a degree in theater and biology. Susan can be heard in phone trees, in computer games, and as the voice of the pink "Care Bear." She lives in St. Augustine, Florida, and summers in Greenville, Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Grumpus on June 03, 2015

I found this a difficult read. The writing style did not seem to flow and I had to keep going back to re-read passages. If you've read other books on this topic, you'll find nothing new here. There are better choices. I would recommend, Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives as a place......more

Goodreads review by Joselito Honestly on June 30, 2015

During a breakfast meeting with a client I was surprised that she had come with a driver with her. Her husband, who had always driven for her, was there too. She explained: her husband couldn't drive anymore. Too risky. He had had a major heart attack and stayed in the hospital for more than a month......more

Goodreads review by Lee on December 16, 2014

This is the most comforting book about death I’ve ever read. Oddly, it wasn’t written by a Christian. Bachrach remains an atheist. It’s about near-death experiences, but it has nothing to do with belief. Rather, it’s a study of what “death travelers” report as having experienced. The thing is, we are......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on October 10, 2014

I really enjoyed reading this journalistic view of life after death experiences. The stories appealed to me because although I haven't experienced death and returned to life, some of my dreams have been as vivid as some of the death experiences described. I've dreamt I've travelled to the field acro......more

Goodreads review by Aj on September 21, 2014

The emphasis of this book is on "glimpse"... and that is precisely what it was, an interesting, but somewhat unsatisfactory glimpse" of individual experience's with apparent death. The book is very weak on the "science" of death. I think a summary chapter would have been good...majority do not fear......more

Quotes

“Meticulously researched…Glimpsing Heaven is full of lively, vivid, engaging reporting. And it is delightfully funny…fascinating, well told, haunting.” Weekly Standard

“This book’s journalistic approach makes the topic accessible to the secular and skeptical crowd.” Library Journal

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