{"product_id":"the-first-phone-call-from-heaven-a-novel-isbn-9780062294371","title":"The First Phone Call from Heaven: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Phone Call from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out. An allegory about the power of belief—and a page-turner that will touch your soul—Albom's masterful storytelling has never been so moving and unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of \u003cem\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e will recognize the warmth and emotion so redolent of Albom's writing, and those who haven't yet enjoyed the power of his storytelling, will thrill at the discovery of one of the best-loved writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What if the end is not the end?\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beloved author of the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e comes his most thrilling and magical novel yet—a page-turning mystery and a meditation on the power of human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they are calling from heaven. Is it the greatest miracle ever? Or some cruel hoax? As news of these strange calls spreads, outsiders flock to Coldwater to be a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, a disgraced pilot named Sully Harding returns to Coldwater from prison to discover his hometown gripped by \"miracle fever.\" Even his young son carries a toy phone, hoping to hear from his mother in heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the calls increase, and proof of an afterlife begins to surface, the town—and the world—transforms. Only Sully, convinced there is nothing beyond this sad life, digs into the phenomenon, determined to disprove it for his child and his own broken heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving seamlessly between the invention of the telephone in 1876 and a world obsessed with the next level of communication, Mitch Albom takes readers on a breathtaking ride of frenzied hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Phone Call from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e is Mitch Albom at his best—a virtuosic story of love, history, and belief.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A beautifully rendered tale of faith and redemption that makes us think, feel, and hope--and then doubt and then believe, as only Mitch Albom can make us do.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beautiful and smart. Perhaps the most stirring and transcendent heaven story since \u003ci\u003eField of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Good Luck of Right Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Albom has a nose for ‘thin places’: places where the boundary between secular and sacred is porous, and ultimate meaning is easier to encounter… This brisk, page-turner of a story [is] another winner from Albom.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888204476645,"sku":"NP9780062294371","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062294371.jpg?v=1730228401","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-first-phone-call-from-heaven-a-novel-isbn-9780062294371","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}