{"product_id":"the-first-phone-call-from-heaven-9780062294401","title":"The First Phone Call from Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the beloved author of the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e comes his most thrilling and magical novel yet--a page-turning mystery and a meditation on the power of human connection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they are calling from heaven. Is it the greatest miracle ever? Or some cruel hoax? As news of these strange calls spreads, outsiders flock to Coldwater to be a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, a disgraced pilot named Sully Harding returns to Coldwater from prison to discover his hometown gripped by \"miracle fever.\" Even his young son carries a toy phone, hoping to hear from his mother in heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the calls increase, and proof of an afterlife begins to surface, the town--and the world--transforms. Only Sully, convinced there is nothing beyond this sad life, digs into the phenomenon, determined to disprove it for his child and his own broken heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving seamlessly between the invention of the telephone in 1876 and a world obsessed with the next level of communication, Mitch Albom takes readers on a breathtaking ride of frenzied hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Phone Call from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e is Albom at his best--a virtuosic story of love, history, and belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbom, Mitch:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eMitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-seven languages worldwide. He has written seven number-one New York Times bestsellers - including \u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years - award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. After bestselling memoir \u003cem\u003eFinding Chik\u003c\/em\u003ea and \"Human Touch,\" the weekly serial written and published online in real-time to raise funds for pandemic relief, his latest work is a return to fiction with \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger in the Lifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e (Harper, November 2021). He founded and oversees SAY Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, including a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit's most underserved citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. Learn more at www.mitchalbom.com, www.saydetroit.org, and www.havefaithaiti.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612912226578,"sku":"9780062294401","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84c90723-a715-49ef-93af-494bd4c1bdda.jpg?v=1732380728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-phone-call-from-heaven-9780062294401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}