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CRYSTAL MCVEA is a schoolteacher and has four lovely children. She and her husband, Virgil, a US Army veteran, are devout Christians and are active in their local church in Oklahoma.
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ALEX TRESNIOWSKI is a former human-interest writer at People and has written several books. His most recent book, An Invisible Thread, has spent more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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McVea, Crystal.
Waking up in heaven : a true story of brokenness, heaven, and life again / Crystal McVea and Alex Tresniowski.
p. cm.
1. Heaven—Christianity—Miscellanea. 2. Near-death experiences—Religious aspects—Christianity. 3. McVea, Crystal. I. Tresniowski, Alex. II. Title.
BT848.M38 2013
236'.2—dc23
2012041302
ISBN 978-1-4767-1187-4 (trade paper)
ISBN 978-1-4767-3585-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4767-1188-1 (ebook)
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