HEAVEN Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife

With clear pronunciation and an emphatic delivery, Linda Emond guides listeners through Miller’s twisting ponderings on the nature of heaven. What has the potential to be a tedious or dogmatic book becomes a compelling and enlightening piece with Emond’s deliberate, serious, and occasionally playful delivery. As the author moves from ancient texts to religious leaders to popular texts, Emond conveys all the different ways we conceive of heaven and the origins of such beliefs. While few will walk away with an absolute concept of what heaven is, most will have a better idea of where the idea came from and how it’s been presented over the centuries. L.E. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2010]