One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say
they are calling from heaven. Katherine hears from her beloved sister. Tess hears from her mother. Even the police chief hears from his son killed in Afghanistan. The messages are brief and reassuring: "The end is not the end." Can this be a miracle? Or is this some ones idea of a cruel hoax?
Sully Harding returns to Coldwater from prison to a small town that is gripped by "miracle fever."
Sully Harding's a disgraced ex-military pilot who unexpectedly is ask to take an assignment to ferry a jet cross-country. Making a stopover to meet his wife, Sully received incorrect instruction from ground control resulting in a midair collision. There were no serious injuries, but driving to the airport, Sully's wife was mortally injured in a car crash. She was hit by the controller attempting to flee his mistake.
Depressed after his wife's death, Sully's now home in Coldwater, Mich., selling newspaper ads just as Coldwater's spotlighted in an astounding news story: Residents are receiving phone calls from heaven. The message is always the same:"The end is not the end." Sully is determined to disprove the hoax for his young son, who carries a toy phone, hoping to hear from his mother in heaven.
As the calls increase, and proof of an afterlife begins to surface, the town-and the world-transforms. Only Sully, is convinced there is nothing beyond this sad life, digs into the phenomenon, determined to disprove it for his child and his own broken heart.
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.
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