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I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but when I first looked at Changing Planes, I was totally intrigued. The midnight blue of the sky and the water are mirror images of each other and it makes you think of when you have two mirrors and reflect them back to each other so that you can see infinity in them. This book was like that. It gave me a glimpse of infinity, something I never believed possible.

When I opened up my order from Amazon, in a way, I was relieved it was not a big book. Though I love reading, I just don’t have the time to read a longer novel, and my attention often wonders. No so with this little book, when I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down until I was done.

Even though I write for a living, I don’t have the words to describe the richness this little story provided me. It gave me such an insight into my own life and my own need of

This book should be read by millions. Don’t be left out — this is going to be a big hit, I can tell, I have a sense about these things — and it would translate very well into a movie, especially with all the special effects that they can do nowadays. If you can get through it without crying, then your heart has turned into a rock, this book may well be what the doctor ordered to turn it to flesh once again.

Changing Planes takes us into the world of Madison Reeves, a young and ambitious VP of an upper scale department store, about to embark on a Caribbean vacation and a whole new kind of journey.

When Madison reaches the airport terminal, things begin to go awry, but not in a noticeable sense. After boarding the plane and taking off, the needled on the weird meter kick up a notch until Madison has to admit that something strange is indeed going on.

Things get odder and odder and rapidly escalate into events that are out of this world until Madison can no longer deny that she has left ordinary far behind.

When she leaves the plane after it lands, she suddenly realizes that she has not arrived at her intended destination. Instead, she is greeted by her long deceased grandfather at the airplane’s gate.

Madison is on a journey that most souls don’t get to remember or tell as she has found herself in the world between worlds — that place between the living and the dead.

As you follow along with Madison, you see yourself in her shoes, and experience what she experiences. And when you reach the end, you are jarred clear out of your senses. If you read this book and do not realize how our journey in this life is interwoven with the lives of those we love and touch and that small changes we make affect those around us — then you must be asleep at the wheel.

Changing Planes not only made me laugh, it made me cry and gave me an opportunity to look into the mirror of my own soul.

But there’s more to the book than that. A wonderful story, Laurie Brenner is a true storyteller that doesn’t bog you down with words that have no meaning — she gives you a succulent story and saves the best parts for last. The story is unforgettable and you find it staying with you days after you’ve put it down.

I was surprised to feel sad when the story reached it’s end. I didn’t want it to end, and for the first time in a long time, I wished the story was longer. From what I understand, this is Laurie Brenner’s first fiction novella, and I can’t wait to read what she writes next. A wonderful storyteller, with an authentic voice, something that is rare these days, Changing Planes is a delightful and easy read for anyone from 20 to 80.

Read the first three chapters for free of this engaging metaphysical fiction. Visit www.ChangingPlanes.net now! Written by Jenny Long