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I'm in Heaven
I’m in Heaven is about a man who doesn't believe in God who dies and goes to heaven. Heaven is far from being most people’s vision of heaven - all sweetness and light and lazing about on a white cloud with angels playing harps - but something far, far different. Oh, and the Beatles are there. All of them, not just John and George. And Sir Michael Caine too. And Robert de Niro. And Jehovah's Witnesses don't like it at all.
If you enjoyed reading I'm in Heaven I would really appreciate it if you were to recommended it to any of your friends who you think might like it.
Terry Ravenscroft
If you enjoyed reading I'm in Heaven I would really appreciate it if you were to recommended it to any of your friends who you think might like it.
Terry Ravenscroft
228 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 27, 2011
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About the author
Terry Ravenscroft
52 books32 followersThe day after I threw in my mundane factory job to become a television comedy scriptwriter I was involved in a car accident which left me unable to turn my head. Since then I have never looked back.
Before they took me away I wrote BBC television comedy scripts for Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Ken Dodd, Roy Hudd, and several others. I also wrote the award-winning BBC radio series Star Terk Two.
I started writing books when I retired from scriptwriting in 1995. Up to now I have written sixteen, all of them humour.
Born in New Mills, Derbyshire, England in 1938, I still live there with my wife Delma and my mistress Divine Bottom (in my dreams).
My book Stairlift to Heaven is an Amazon Countdown Deal at just 99cents from April 5 to April 12.
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Before they took me away I wrote BBC television comedy scripts for Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Ken Dodd, Roy Hudd, and several others. I also wrote the award-winning BBC radio series Star Terk Two.
I started writing books when I retired from scriptwriting in 1995. Up to now I have written sixteen, all of them humour.
Born in New Mills, Derbyshire, England in 1938, I still live there with my wife Delma and my mistress Divine Bottom (in my dreams).
My book Stairlift to Heaven is an Amazon Countdown Deal at just 99cents from April 5 to April 12.
http://amzn.to/n3Rtx2
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May 26, 2014
This isn't a book that will have you rolling on the floor laughing your ass off, I think some reviewers on Amazon are exaggerating a bit there, but it is a very good book indeed and there are a few chuckles in there, as well as some sad moments and, indeed, many things that will get you thinking about life and death.
In particular, I found the first half of the book quite moving at times. The book is split into four parts, the first dealing with Norman's reaction to the diagonosis of terminal cancer and the treatment he is given. It also includes a lot of reflection on his life which turned out to be quite sad, for me. That part for me, anyway, was one of the main messages of the book - you had a main character who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness looking back over his life, and the message clearly was that, due to personal circumstances, he hadn't actually started to live yet and in order for him to do so he had to die and go to heaven. One of the most poignant passages is when he is thinking about all the "the 101 things to do before you die" lists and realises that its a waste of time because he can't actually afford to do any of them.
His time in heaven is detailed in the second part of the book and I have to say, I quite hope that heaven IS as it is portrayed here! It was really nice reading about how Norman finally got the life he should have been able to live on earth. It would have been wonderful to leave Norman having such a wonderful time there but the author (and the devil) had a few tricks up his sleeve and the story is a long way from being over, but to say more would really spoil the plot.
It is a very well written story, at times sad, happy, witty and sarcastic and Norman is a character you really grow to love, like the archetypal underdog who everyone roots for and wants to win in the end. A fantastic little book that I can really recommend to anyone.
In particular, I found the first half of the book quite moving at times. The book is split into four parts, the first dealing with Norman's reaction to the diagonosis of terminal cancer and the treatment he is given. It also includes a lot of reflection on his life which turned out to be quite sad, for me. That part for me, anyway, was one of the main messages of the book - you had a main character who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness looking back over his life, and the message clearly was that, due to personal circumstances, he hadn't actually started to live yet and in order for him to do so he had to die and go to heaven. One of the most poignant passages is when he is thinking about all the "the 101 things to do before you die" lists and realises that its a waste of time because he can't actually afford to do any of them.
His time in heaven is detailed in the second part of the book and I have to say, I quite hope that heaven IS as it is portrayed here! It was really nice reading about how Norman finally got the life he should have been able to live on earth. It would have been wonderful to leave Norman having such a wonderful time there but the author (and the devil) had a few tricks up his sleeve and the story is a long way from being over, but to say more would really spoil the plot.
It is a very well written story, at times sad, happy, witty and sarcastic and Norman is a character you really grow to love, like the archetypal underdog who everyone roots for and wants to win in the end. A fantastic little book that I can really recommend to anyone.
January 20, 2013
Having read Dear Air 2000 I settled into what I thought would be another fantastic read but it didn't do it for me at all.
Norman's earthly life is not up to much, a demanding mother, unemployed and a diagnosis of terminal bowel cancer. He does not believe in religion so imagine his surprise when on dying he ends up in Heaven and because Heaven is what you make it loves the place. Unfortunately his death was a mistake and his return to earth is not what he wants at all and so does everything in his power to get back to his personal nirvana.
I really enjoyed the first third of the book but then it all went downhill for me and it was a rather bland tale. I didn't hate it, just found it OK .
Norman's earthly life is not up to much, a demanding mother, unemployed and a diagnosis of terminal bowel cancer. He does not believe in religion so imagine his surprise when on dying he ends up in Heaven and because Heaven is what you make it loves the place. Unfortunately his death was a mistake and his return to earth is not what he wants at all and so does everything in his power to get back to his personal nirvana.
I really enjoyed the first third of the book but then it all went downhill for me and it was a rather bland tale. I didn't hate it, just found it OK .
January 19, 2016
Started out quite funny, although I did feel a bit guilty laughing over someone with cancer. The time in heaven was alright with the fantasy but it went downhill after that. The ending was pretty poor
March 12, 2012
Weird but funny.
December 16, 2015
A very weird but funny book. Looking at Norman's experience of life, death, heaven and hell! It was quite funny in places and generally kept me entertained! Certainly a view I have never considered!
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