Life After Life
The groundbreaking, bestselling classic, now available in a special fortieth-anniversary edition that includes a new Foreword from Eben Alexander, M.D., author of Proof of Heaven, and a new Afterword by the author. Raymond Moody is the “father” of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) movement, and his pioneering work Life After Life transformed the world, revolutionizing the way we think about death and what lies beyond. Originally published in 1975, it is the groundbreaking study of one hundred people who experienced “clinical death” and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death. A smash bestseller that has sold more than thirteen million copies around the globe, Life After Life introduced us to concepts—including the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side—that have become cultural memes today, and paved the way for modern bestsellers by Eben Alexander, Todd Burpo, Mary Neal, and Betty Eadie that have shaped countless readers notions about the end life and the meaning of death.
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Ursula Todd is born on a snowy English night in 1910, and dies. Then she is born again. Each life she lives is a little different, and each one walks her further into the wars of the 20th century.
The most commonly searched Life After Life is the 2013 novel by Kate Atkinson, about a woman who keeps living and dying through the early 20th century in different ways. Raymond Moody also wrote a 1975 nonfiction book titled Life After Life about near-death experiences.
Yes. Life After Life won the 2013 Costa Novel Award and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature. It is widely considered one of the strongest entries in Atkinson's catalog and has spawned a thematic sequel, A God in Ruins.
Life After Life is 187 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Life After Life takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
Life After Life is a standalone novel by Raymond A. Moody, not part of a series.
Life After Life is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.