A review on the back of this book describes Roy’s story like an onion being peeled. This is an apt description — page by page, more of the complex family dynamic is revealed. Like an onion, there are scenes and events that are enough to make your eyes water; however, it does carry a powerful message of love and acceptance. It is a riveting read, and I would recommend it with a disclaimer –this is not a Christian novel, and is not for the faint of heart.

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Covering such heavy topics as consumerism, cloning, materialism and reincarnation doesn’t make for light bedtime reading, but it does make for an interesting story — especially when it is comprised of six seperate characters, each from a different place and point in time. Though they don’t know each other their decisions are able to influence the future of the others. Complicated, yes, but worth a read, and great for bookclub discussions.

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This book tells the story of a man called Eddie and the five people he meets in heaven. These people are all connected to his life somehow, and throughout the story, while we learn Eddie’s life story, he learns how his life has affected others, and how others have affected him. He also learns how things are not always what they seem. Although a very secular view of heaven (that it is what we want it to be), the explanations that Eddie is given are food for thought for us all.

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This book really was very funny and really mades me laugh because Jeff Lucas has a great way of telling stories. The book is full of individual stories, that are both profound and hilarious. It is definately a laugh-out-loud book about everything from evangelism to worship, that shows ways to and to not approach different situations. The nice change about this book is the humility with which it is written and how there are actually very valid lessons to be learnt through Jeff’s experiences.

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