Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist

by Janis Amatuzio

Overview

A Minnesota coroner who has performed or supervised thousands of autopsies, author Janis Amatuzio has made it a point to talk with and comfort the families of the deceased. This commitment has garnered her the moniker “The Compassionate Coroner.” But what Amatuzio has received from these talks amounts to far more than a nickname. Coincidences, synchronicities, and visions have utterly transformed Amatuzio’s understanding of the passage from life to death. A scientist at heart, Amatuzio seeks to integrate her understanding of the medical realm with the incredible stories she’s come across in her many years as a coroner. From the patient who, just before he died, told of being “visited” by a long-dead friend, to the two sisters, miles apart, who felt unexplained sensations at the moment their father passed away, Amatuzio details the extraordinary lessons she has learned about death, life, and the great beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577315995
Publisher:	New World Library
Publication date:	07/26/2007
Edition description:	First Trade Paper Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	151,353
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

As a forensic pathologist, Janis Amatuzio deals with death on a daily basis. As a result, she has far more opportunity to spend time contemplating the boundary between life and death. In this accessible work, Amatuzio shares a number of the stories that took her understanding of life and death beyond the scientific. There's little that's new here, but Amatuzio's delivery is nicely personal. She is still moved by experiences that are decades old, and she recounts stories she's been told with compassion and respect. As she does, her voice is always professionally clear and balanced, and often rich with emotion. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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