Embraced by the Light is an inspirational map of the afterlife framed in the
moment of Eadie's death, and presents a possible answer to the big question,
"Why are we here?" An easy read, its subtitle could have been "The Average
Person's Guide to Near-Death Experiences." Although heavily filtered through
Eadie's Christian worldview, her vision of the afterlife does not include a
wrathful deity, but a figure of love and compassion. Some readers may find
Eadie's repeated Christian references bothersome, and Embraced by the Light will
undoubtedly raise a lot of questions along the lines of "What about
reincarnation?" and "What happens to people who are not