A Thousand Rooms

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Pub Date Oct 19 2016 | Archive Date Aug 31 2019

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Description

'You don't wake up expecting to die.' Katie is thirty-two, single, and used to work in advertising. She's also dead. A lost soul hitching rides with the dying, trying to find her way to... wherever she's supposed to be. And whoever she's supposed to be with. Heaven, it seems, has a thousand rooms. What will it take to find hers?

Read what others are saying about A Thousand Rooms: 'Part philosophy, part speculative fiction, part romance, this is intelligent commercial women’s fiction at its best.' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars '

Jones has crafted an endearing heroine, an uplifting love story, and a captivating vision of the afterlife ... just keep the tissues nearby!' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars

'You don't wake up expecting to die.' Katie is thirty-two, single, and used to work in advertising. She's also dead. A lost soul hitching rides with the dying, trying to find her way to...


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I absolutely loved everything about this book! A Thousand Rooms by Helen Jones is the most creative and original book I have read in such a long time. I really hope they make a movie but a large part of me feels that they wouldn't get it right. Luckily, Ms. Jones is such a skillful writer that the story plays out in your mind as you read it.

While I have never actually been to Sydney, I felt I was there due to the wonderful descriptions. Likewise, I haven't been to Valhalla or any of the other rooms (that I remember) but they are so well described, I feel as if I had visited them.

Katie and the other characters feel very real. I alternately chuckled and got misty eyed. I felt that the different feelings Katie had and the different stages Katie progressed through rang true. Those little details, for example the decreasing price of her snazzy red shoes at the shoe store, well who won't get a little miffed? It is attention to the little things that make up a life and, in this case, a death, that are the difference between a good book and a great book.

The ideas shared in A Thousand Rooms about death, dying, heaven, reincarnation, grief, and love are expressed in a judgement free manner. The reader can decide for themself what they think and what they accept. This is a book that will stay with me a long time, it has given me much to consider and I think I will revisit Katie again.

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A Thousand Rooms is a interesting and unique book. The characters are well developed and the storyline is interesting. I would read more by this author.

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Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.

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Lovely feel good read. It was well written and flowed well. I enjoyed it very much. The plot was good and interesting. Hard to put down

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