One for the Books: Is there life after life?

One for the Books: Is there life after life?

- Mary Louise Ruehr

Why are we here? What happens when we die? I found some authors who offer some answers and who say there’s no reason to fear death at all.

“In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife” is a first-person account by Sebastian Junger of his near-death experience. Since Junger, author of “The Perfect Storm,” is a serious journalist, I was interested in what he had to say.

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