Notes On A Near Life Experience

Notes on a Near-Life Experience

Mia never thought she'd be the child of a broken home. Yet when she's 15 years old, one day her father just up and moves out. As her family life crumbles, her love life is finally coming together. Julian, her brother Allen's best friend and her longtime crush, has finally noticed her—and being with Julian makes her happier than she can put into words. Meanwhile, her mother has disappeared into work, her brother is skipping school and acting weird, and her father is cohabitating with a frighteningly sexy Peruvian woman named Paloma. Mia wishes the divorce would just go away so she could focus on Julian . . . but she can't ignore her problems forever. In this honest, witty, utterly accessible winner of the Delacorte Press Contest, first-time author Olivia Birdsall creates an authentic and lovable teenager in Mia Day.

Near Life Experiences: Reflections by Allison Orton

NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCES Near Life Experiences is a loving expression of my connection with the sacredness of life. The book is an offering, a portal, for all those with similar connections, who experience more than the normally accepted perception of life. It is my belief that we are all connected in ways that cannot be explained by common daily experience. My life in the Sierra Foothills with my son, husband and many critters has provided space for the writing and expression of what has been growing inside to offer for many years. Since the writing of this book, this sensitivity has brought me a foreknowing of the Tsunami of 2000, Katrina, the invasion of Iraq, and more. I would like all those who have had similar pre- knowings to feel a part of the loving whole, rather than apart from it. We need to grow and expand with our deep awareness, and not withdraw and diminish. To offer all or what we are to the universe is what our calling is. This blessing is my heart's`deepest desire.

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