Dear evelyn, Hello I just wanted to say thank you for a beatiful book (Talking with Angel) that was sad but happy at the same time, how old was the little girl? and how did you manage to write the end of the little girls last moments? were you there or was it recorded? my grandson bought me your book for christmas and I have told every one about it as I was so enjoying reading it. And its such a comforting read for all ages, I would like to read more of your books I so enjoyed talking to angel. thank you for such a lovely book. Yours thankfully
melanie

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Hi Melanie
thank you for your kind message, I'm really pleased you liked the book. It's a fiction, not a real story. The girl has neither a name nor an age to allow the readers to identify themselves more easily with the central figure of the story. The description of the near-death experience is a patchwork of many many NDEs.
Best wishes from Switzerland, Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino

Hello!
Ce petit message pour te féliciter une fois encore pour ton site web. Un vrai travail de titan qui profite à tellement de gens, voilà une belle récompense pour ton boulot. J'ai été paticulièrement impressionnée par le catalogue de liens et les références internationales que tu proposes.
Big up!
A+
isa

Talking with Angel is an extraordinary book. Most of us spend most of our lives dealing with mundane small issues and indulging in small talk. The author has found a fascinating way of forcing us to ponder a variety of bigger questions by discussing the very big questions of life and death. Talking with Angel is not just a novel distracting us from our normal world it is an emotional experience that will excite and stimulate the reader so that they have something to say on the rare occasions when they take part in "Big Talk".

I loved this book and it was a very quick read. In fact, I couldn't put it down. I'm not sure if it's suitable for young children who are ill, only because I'm not sure how much they would comprehend. As an adult, it was fascinating. I've read quite a few books on NDE studies, testimonials and the afterlife. This book was written from a different perspective, obviously, and may offer comfort to any young adult facing a terminal illness.

A Moving Read

There have been many books written on near-death experience but they have always dealt with it in a very objective manner. Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino has written a fictionalised account of a young girl battling with leukaemia and how she finds solace in the experiences of another child also facing death. Evelyn applies all her knowledge of real NDEs to weave a moving and ultimately uplifting story. I will guarantee that sections of this book will have you in tears but you will come out of it understanding in a very personal way exactly what the NDE is all about.

This book came to me, as sometime happens, as a totally unexpected surprise gift from the ledgendary "library angel". I took it with me for "light reading" on a train to a long weekend holiday. After the first few pages I found myself totally engrossed, and more suprisingly, quiet moved - occasionally to the edge of tears.

I would recomend this book for anyone who has lost, or will lose, someone deeply loved - in other words I would recommend it for everyone.

A reader in London

Hello Evelyn;
I have read Talking with Angel about Illness, Death and Survival and consider it to be deeply moving and very
insightful. I will be adding it to the recommended reading section on our website(www.foreverfamilyfoundation.org) Also, I plan on writing a review of the book for our next newletter.

The most profound part of the book, the letter written by her friend describing the NDE, will be especially significant to the reader if they are aware of the depth of your own research. Once the reader recognizes that this is a novel based upon prior evidence, it will be looked upon in a whole new "light."

Thanks again.
Bob Ginsberg

Hello Ms Evelyn
I read your book (Poppedeine) and it helped me a little. My son died 2 years ago in his sleep. He was only 12 years old. All his life I new I was gone lose him (sorry my english is not perfect). I think the same way you discriped in your book. There is more, more than we know. I just wanna thank you.

Greetings Astrid Fortes (Holland)

Greetings Evelyn,
I am so very grateful that you gave me the special gift of your precious book. Being legally blind, I read very slowly, but I take in everything that I read as a result. I cried and rejoiced and reading the pages brought me back to my own countless times in hospital and on deathbeds. It also brought me back to my NDEs and what was so profound is that we use so many of the same words to describe these things! I am so inspired by the work that you've done and it's reminding me of the work that I need to do. I also found myself crying out for the Being of Light and wanting to be with It again -- oh, so much!
Your book is so beautifully written and it touched me very deeply -- taking me back to all of the occasions that I experienced that were so similar! I've had NDEs both as a child and as an adult. I cherish these experiences and the opportunities to recall them and share them with others -- to bring hope, solace and understanding to people -- wherever and however I might touch them.

Rev. Juliet Nightingale
Friends of IANDS FOI International Relations Committee
Friends of IANDS FOI Nashville Facilitator

'I enjoyed this book enormously. I found the way Evelyn dealt so tenderly and openly with the subject of death very reassuring. It will be of interest to everyone, whether they are confronting death or not. It can provide lessons for life.'
-- Alison Westwood, Kindling, Autumn 2005