'To Heaven and Back' brings you a first-hand account of a doctor's own experience of death, heaven and return to life with a new realisation of her purpose on Earth.

Following what was, to all witnesses, a fatal kayak accident during a South American adventure, one woman tells of how she was taken to heaven where she experienced God's peace, joy, and angels...and her return to life again.

Reasons to read or give 'To Heaven and Back'

• Helps apply those difficult Bible verses into to daily life
• Read a true account of a near-death experience
• For when you need confirmation of the power of prayer
• Life after a life-changing experience outside of yourself
• Dealing with rejection by the doubting and scornful
• For a broader understanding of what it means to go to Heaven
• For conversation with another about questions of Heaven

More About Mary Neal's Story:

In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, orthopaedic surgeon, devoted wife, and loving mother Dr. Mary Neal drowned in a kayak accident. While cascading down a waterfall, her kayak became pinned at the bottom and she was immediately and completely submerged. Despite the rescue efforts of her companions, Mary was underwater for too long, and as a result, died.

To Heaven and Back is Mary's remarkable story of her life's spiritual journey and what happened as she moved from life to death to eternal life, and back again. Detailing her feelings and surroundings in heaven, her communication with angels, and her deep sense of sadness when she realised it wasn't her time, Mary shares the captivating experience of her modern-day miracle.

Mary's life has been forever changed by her newfound understanding of her purpose on earth, her awareness of God, her closer relationship with Jesus, and her personal spiritual journey suddenly enhanced by a first-hand experience in heaven. To Heaven and Back will reacquaint you with the hope, wonder, and promise of heaven, while enriching you own faith and walk with God.