In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife | 
pickAuthor and war reporter Sebastian Junger has lead a fascinating life with more than one close call but the closest he actually came to death was from a ruptured aneurysm while at home with his family. The experience surrounding his survival leads him to ask questions about the afterlife and to a mind blowing exploration of scientific knowledge and spirituality.
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Study of people experiencing exposure to the afterlife, from a scientific stance as opposed to religious.
pickJunger is a well respected author and military veteran. After facing his own near death experience, which included a visit from his dead father, he researches the phenomena and the possible science behind it. It is a fascinating story and although some of the science was above my head, I quite enjoyed it. What happens after death is something that may possibly never be explained, but thinking about it is something most of us do. 4/5 stars!
bailedI‘m halfway through&could hang in there to the end but I don‘t have the patience anymore.The reason why I bail is: I wish Junger had written more as the person who experienced it&less as the journalist. Also there are pages that read as if taken straight from a text book for medical students. True there are a lot of personal moments but Junger lost me once he got into medical history. It‘s time to move on to another book.
pickSebastian is a journalist who is no stranger to danger. He‘s taken enemy fire in Afghanistan and had a near drowning while surfing. But only after a burst pancreatic aneurysm resulting in emergency surgery does he begin to really wonder what happens to us after we die. He takes a deep dive into what it means to be alive from a physics standpoint but also finding across religions and cultures people experience similar things while dying.
The story of his near death and coming to terms with that. Fascinating. I enjoy his books. Glad he lived to tell the tale.
