Eternal Life and how to enjoy it
January 13th 2010 09:28
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A first-hand account by Gordon Phinn
Eternal Life and how to enjoy it begins with the ultimately perfectly timed death of no-account accountant Henry. Fed up with a wife and best friend who keep running of together Henry calls in sick at work for the first time in his life and takes off for a weekend. Unfortunately for Henry, at the time he’s driving around a sharp bend so is a Ford filled with teenagers.
It is here we meet Jack. The golf attired transitional guide who collects Henry, whisking the newly departed accountant off to the other side and a restful Connecticut like location complete with beautiful parks, comfortable hotels, ponds with telepathic ducks and all the peace you can handle, for the rest of eternity. It is the story of how Henry goes from no-account accountant to afterlife guide himself, along with murder, mayhem and the occassionally morphing into an angel for those of a religious disposition.
Gordon Phinn writes such a wonderful, moving tale in the pages of Eternal Life. As Gordon goes nightly to visit our guide Henry, the two of them together channel a description of heaven that anyone can enjoy. Now, I have no idea if it truly is channelled material. Part of me says “well it must be” while another part says “oh come on you idiot”. Either way, channelled truth or fantasy from the mind of a talented writer, Eternal Life describes a place I’d be more than happy to spend my forever living in.
Eternal Life deals with a variety of issues; alcoholism, addictions, sex – with surprisingly no mention of homosexuality beyond the gay couple who’ve just joined the choir in a small town where Henry talks to two dead soldiers - music, creative expression, humour, past lives and karmic destiny. It’s a new-age book for the novice and expert alike.
Ultimately, I don’t really care if Henry is real or a figment of Gordon’s creative imagination. I truly enjoyed this book. It made me laugh, it made smile, it made me think and above all it made death and eternity a little less of an issue. Since I started reading it I’ve been sending out calls to my Grandparents to see what they have to say, and beyond the dream I’ve had ever since my Grandmother died of sitting in a yellow kitchen drinking tea out of white china cups, and over-looking a field with a white horse outside the kitchen window, I haven’t heard a peep.
Whether dealing with loss, or just for pure interest sake, I highly recommend this book. Published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company, I purchased it from a small New Age Bookshop in my hometown for $24.95. Suspend your rational mind and just enjoy the tale. There’s only one way we’ll know if it’s true or not and I’m not in that much of a hurry to put it to the test.
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Comment by gordon phinn
"An American In Heaven", which is, amongst other things, a response to the the novel "The Lovely Bones".
Should any readers be further intrigued with my spiritual adventures my site is: www.thewordofgord.com and my many videos are available on www.youtube.com/thewordofgord
gordon phinn/wordofgord
Comment by The Virgin Traveller
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. I guess you never can tell who is going to see your reviews, lol. I never had any expectation that you would ever know the review had been done, let alone read it.
Thanks for posting your new books, I'll make sure to get copies and read them.
Best wishes,
Mike
Comment by gordon phinn
you're welcome! always like to keep up with my readers!
let me know what you think of the other titles. Interestingly enough, even though An American In Heaven is being marketed as 'chic-lit goes to the afterlife', don;t let that put you off, ost of the best reviews I've received have been from men!
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