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THE HAND ON THE MIRROR
By Janis Heaphy Durham
In stores April 28th
About the Book:
In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham’s husband, Max Besler, died of esophageal cancer at age fifty-six. While coping with her grief, Heaphy Durham began encountering phenomena unlike anything she had ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44—the exact time Max died. But then something startling happened that changed Heaphy Durham’s life forever: a powdery handprint spontaneously appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max’s death. Incredibly, a similar image appeared on the second and third anniversaries as well. Clearly, something otherworldly was occurring.
This launched Heaphy Durham on a journey that transformed her spiritually and altered her view of reality forever. She interviewed scientists and spiritual practitioners along the way, discovering the fragility of the veil between this world and the next and the way the two are bridged by love.
Check out the excerpt below:
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About the Author:
Janis Heaphy Durham was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1951. After earning a bachelors and a masters degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, she was hired in the advertising department at the Los Angeles Times, where she rose to senior vice president of advertising. In 1998 she was named the first publisher of the Sacramento Bee. Under her leadership the newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes. Janis retired in 2008 and lives between Idaho and Florida with her husband, Jim Durham.
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Sounds like an interesting read. My husband died over 20 years ago and I still get a whiff of his aftershave/cologne once in a while when I’m home alone. I don’t have any that cologne in my house and no one I know wears it either.
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My dad always told me after he was gone, if he could find a way, look for pennies. He would leave them, and I wold know they were from him. Once I found a bunch on my bed, once on the dresser, on the floor, in my car. We did not leave them there. We would leave or go outside, and they would be there when we returned. I would always say thank you Dad, I love you. Once I fell, I would have landed on cement, but I was pushed on my back, and caught my footing and did not fall. I actually felt something push me on my shoulder blade.
I really want to read this book, because of my experiences with my Dad. I see his handiwork from time to time.
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