I just finished reading a novel by Cheryl Clayborn. It’s called Heaven’s Not a Place.
Heaven’s Not a Place is the story of a single mother name Annie Harrison. She lives in Ohio with her young daughter Jenna. Jenna is Annie’s world. She doesn’t know what she’s going to do while Jenna is vacationing in Hawaii with her ex-husband and his current wife. Annie figured she’d have to keep herself occupied. Thankfully her mother lives close by so she can always lean on her when she’s feeling lonely.
Late one night Annie was awakened by a mysterious light. The light seemed to be coming from her next door neighbor’s home. Abby, who lived in the home, was an elderly lady and a very dear friend to Annie. When Annie tried to figure out what the light was it suddenly disappeared.
The next morning Annie received some tragic news. Her beloved neighbor, Abby, passed away in her sleep the night before. The loss of her friend, and the absence of her daughter, left Annie feeling lost and alone.
A few days after her passing Abby’s son Jack arrived in town to take care of his mother’s funeral arrangements and to take care of her estate.
During this time strange things were happening to Annie, especially in her dreams. Unbeknown to her Jack was experiencing the same thing.
One night Annie received a phone call from her daughter. Jenna had a bad dream and wanted to speak with her mother. Begrudgedly Annie’s ex-husband called and let Jenna talk to her mom.
Annie asked Jenna what her dream was about. Her response startled Annie. Jenna dreamed that Abby was on a beach with her and told her that she had to go away and she was never coming back. Some how Annie’s daughter dreamed of Abby’s passing.
What is going on with all these strange dreams? Is Abby trying to speak to her dear friend Annie and her son Jack from the other side? To find out you’ll just have to purchase a copy of Heaven’s Not a Place which is available as an e-book or Kindle download on Amazon. You can find the book here, http://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Not-a-Place-ebook/dp/B0061NB3FG. It’s available for only $3.99. The novel is approximately 200 pages long.
You DO NOT need a Kindle to read the book. You can download the application here, http://amzn.to/aUZMHP, which allows you to read e-books on your iPhone and PC (computer/laptop) or Mac.
I have had some personal experience with people “speaking” to others beyond the grave. I think that is why I was able to “connect” with this story.
When my son was 3 years old he told me that my mother had passed away (he told me she was sleeping on the mountain). About 20 minutes later my father called to tell me that my mother passed away.
Twice my son had dreams where my mom (technically his great-grandmother, long story…) spoke to him. One night he woke me and my husband up in the middle of the night holding two books in his hands. He wanted to show us that they were the books that Nanny gave him. It was odd because they were the last two things she bought for him and we had hundreds (no exaggeration) books at that time. So for him to wake up in the middle of the night and dig out those two books, then wake us up to tell us they were from Nanny, was very odd.
The last and final time she spoke to him (in his dream) was a few months after she had passed away. He told me that he had a really bad dream. I told him I was sorry to hear that and asked him what the dream was about. He said he dreamed our home was on fire. I told him that was a scary dream, but thankfully it was just a dream. He said it was ok because Nanny woke him up.
Because we have experience with a loved one who passed on finding their way to communicate with it, I can find the story Heaven’s Not a Place beleiavable.
The only things with the story that didn’t sit well with me was a part where two people make love. I’m NOT a prude (not in the least). I just think it wasn’t necessary for the story.
The other thing is how it ended. It literally had me wanting more. I was hoping there was another page or two that I might have missed, but I didn’t. Either the author, Cheryl Clayborn, plans on making a sequel or you are left to draw your own conclusions.
Heaven’s Not a Place is an interesting read. Check it out today!
Kimberly
*I received a free copy in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own.
Betty Baez says
wow my mother had a similar situation with me, my grandfather passed away when i was 2 yr.s old and before anyone in the family found out i was telling them in spanish that “papi esta en el cielo” which means grandpa is in the sky and about a half an hour later they all found out he had passed away from diabetes. Another instance was when we moved into a house when i was 12 i started having awful dreams about a family dying in an accident, weeks later we finally broke our neighbors and they told us that the family that lived in the house prior to us had crashed a half a mile from the home. It was awful! Things in the house would move, it got to a point i left and moved in with my grandmother.