Mia's World - Mia Dolan & Rosalyn Chissick

Advantages: well written and informative, not preach-y or patronising when discussing God and heaven.
Disadvantages: the odd daft comment from Roz, although dismissable since she's new to it all I suppose.

...What? *looks innocent* While Mia's picture and name are displayed very prominently across the cover of the book, you do catch at the bottom in smaller type 'with Rosalyn Chissick'. Now, I doubt I'd know Rosalyn Chissick if I fell over her. But as well as being the student in this wee adventure, she's apparently also written a couple of novels and has contributed to a Marian Keyes collaboration with other authors (don't worry, even I know who Marian ...
...is determined to discover whether Mia's reputation is founded, and if she is 'the real deal'. As Mia is speaking to Roz about herself, her first psychic experience at 22, and her views on life and how she believes everybody has the same ability as she does, but just don't have the 'tools' or knowledge on how to use it or develop it. Quite unexpectedly (for them both!), Roz asks Mia to teach her to be psychic and since Mia feels that Roz has a genuine ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting look into a TV series
Disadvantages: You might want to sleep with the light on

.... It is very easy to find rational explanations for all the events covered but you have to ask yourself why every culture and society in world history has their tradition of life after death, spirits, and the paranormal. It could be wishful thinking, making us feel less fearful about death or there could actually be something in it. I personally have seen a spiritualist who came up with details about my private life and the link with a now deceased person which she could not have known unless she had communicated with that person or was very good at guesswork- and I mean VERY good, she knew things that nobody else alive would know. Mia Dolan has two other books in print, The Gift, which covers her early life and Mia's World, written in association with a journalist called Rosalyn Chissick who she is trying to teach her psychic skills to... Read review

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