Around here I am not sure if Mitch Albom is best known for his Detroit new columns or his best selling books or his play he wrote about Ernie Harwell the voice of the Detroit Tigers. So when his new book The First Phone Call from Heaven hit the shelves there was more than one person looking for it. What if you received a phone call from a loved one, someone that had past away? What would your reaction be? Sully Harding has returned to Coldwater Michigan on the same day as those first phone calls started coming through. While the world takes notice, Sully is doubtful an sets out to prove that the calls are just a cruel joke from a very sick mind.
Mitch has a folksy way of telling a story that makes you want to believe it is real. The characters of his stories make us want to be a better person. And sooner or later it seems like everyone is reading his books and talking about them. They are the type of book that seems to draw a wide variety of readers and that is what makes them so interesting, you can have a conversation with your co-worker, a family member or that stranger that rides the bus with you.
The books raise questions that beg a discussion and sooner or later you need to find someone to talk it through. But that is what makes the story even better and last longer, the chance to work through the high points.
Happy Reading,
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