The First Phone Call from Heaven (by Mitch Albom)

Browsing a church bookstall a few months ago, I spotted a book with an intriguing title:‘The first phone call from Heaven’ by Mitch Albom. I remembered having liked very much his first novel, ‘The five people you meet in Heaven’ (though I am shocked to discover that it’s almost fifteen years since I read that!). So I bought it, and decided to start reading it a few days ago.

We meet, in the first chapter, three different people who have unexpected phone calls. They hear the voices of loved...