I recently received a complimentary copy of the book "Heaven is For Real" from the publisher through booksneeze.com. All that was required was that I read the book and give an honest review. All of the opinions expressed in this review are my own, I was not required to write a positive review.
In this story, a little boy details his "3 minute" trip to heaven during surgery. He gives details about people in his family's lives that they had never shared with him and tells his family all about heaven. I truly enjoyed this book. I am from Nebraska, so knowing it was about another Nebraska family made it even more interesting. I found myself unable to put this book down once I started, and finished the book feeling a sense of peace knowing that there is heaven. I was always a believer, but this book really made me that much more so. The book is written by the boy's father, Todd Burpo, and he too admits that he was always a believer, but was amazed by his son's depictions and stories. This book could not have come to me at a better time. My family was just going through the loss of an amazing aunt, mother, sister, cousin, daughter, grandma, and friend. As she took her last breath, she whispered "daddy", so we know she was welcomed to heaven by her father.
I would recommend this book to anyone, believer or non-believer. After you read this book, you might just feel a little more "sure" that there is a God and he has our lives planned out for us. He has a reason for everything and we are never alone! Such a great book about an amazing little boy and his family!
