Goodreads asked Peter E. Upton:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Peter E. Upton I had written down all the messages we received from mediums over the years in case we ever forgot them. I had also written down all of the unusual events that had happened to me and thoughts that had occurred to me during those years for the same reason. Then when I went to India I wrote long letters home recalling everything that was happening. My sister-in-law read these letters and said I should turn them into a book. Two mediums had already told me that I would go on to write a book that would bring comfort to bereaved people but I had never really believed them; I was not a writer. It was the enthusiasm of my sister-in-law for the letters from India that really awoke my own enthusiasm for the project. The journey through India provided the chronological framework and some lighter moments for the book into which I wove the spiritual story.
I didn't want to write a book that was purely spiritual because not only would it only appeal to a limited audience but more importantly real life is more colourful and occurs on many levels even for people on the most spiritual of searches and I wanted the book to reflect this.

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