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"Why me?" I said aloud.
There was no answer, so I carried on.
"Why not pick on a nun, or someone really spiritual?"
The answer, when it came, was dry.
"Your guess," he said, "is as good as mine."

Mia Dolan was twenty-two when she first heard a voice she could not explain. She had always considered herself to be a down-to-earth person and certainly never believed in psychic phenomena. But now that this voice had spoken to Mia, strange things began to happen: she "left" her body and walked through the house; she "saw" a plane crash in horrific detail, then witnessed the same scene on the news that evening. She thought she was going insane.

Finally, Mia discovered that she had a rare psychic gift and learned how to control and use it. Though she realized that she could not cure grief, she decided to use her gift to connect loved ones to those they had lost. This power took on a new, deeply personal dimension when, a few years later, Mia tragically foresaw the murder of her own brother and had to endure the loss of her young son.

I Know Why We’re Here is the fascinating story of an ordinary woman’s extraordinary gift--an inspirational life lived with raw honesty, humor, and compassion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #537416 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-23
• Released on: 2004-03-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

From Publishers Weekly
English psychic Dolan’s powerful autobiography reads like a novel, and will draw in both skeptics and believers. The author surveys her grim early life, which included abuse, stalking, bullying, an abortion and an unwed pregnancy that gave her a son, Shane, with a heart defect. After encounters with poltergeists and a premonition of a plane crash, she connects with a spirit guide named Eric. Meanwhile, her husband Andy, father of her daughter Tanya, becomes increasingly abusive while unable to work, and she begins a modest career as a professional medium. Good luck and bad luck alternate. She wins big win at bingo, but her marriage comes to an end. A new lover and a family of foster children are offset by the murders of Shane and her brother Pete in barroom brawls. One is moved by the consolation she finds in being able to communicate with Shane and Pete, but one also notices that she gives sensible, compassionate advice to a drug abuser, a cross-dresser and a pedophile. Whether the origins of her good sense and compassion lie in another world or in the author’s rather rocky passage through this one, readers need not decide. But that sense and compassion do seem to have a lot to do with her admirable concept of "why we’re here."
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From the Inside Flap
"Why me?" I said aloud.
There was no answer, so I carried on.
"Why not pick on a nun, or someone really spiritual?"
The answer, when it came, was dry.
"Your guess," he said, "is as good as mine."

Mia Dolan was twenty-two when she first heard a voice she could not explain. She had always considered herself to be a down-to-earth person and certainly never believed in psychic phenomena. But now that this voice had spoken to Mia, strange things began to happen: she "left" her body and walked through the house; she "saw" a plane crash in horrific detail, then witnessed the same scene on the news that evening. She thought she was going insane.

Finally, Mia discovered that she had a rare psychic gift and learned how to control and use it. Though she realized that she could not cure grief, she decided to use her gift to connect loved ones to those they had lost. This power took on a new, deeply personal dimension when, a few years later, Mia tragically foresaw the murder of her own brother and had to endure the loss of her young son.

I Know Why We?re Here is the fascinating story of an ordinary woman?s extraordinary gift--an inspirational life lived with raw honesty, humor, and compassion.

About the Author
MIA DOLAN, one of England's best-known psychics, works full time as a clairvoyant specializing in psychic predictions, hauntings, and police investigations. This is her first book.

Customer Reviews

PROOF OF ETERNAL LIFE
I believe the title is misdirected and should be what I have captioned this review. There was nothing I could discover of explaining why we're here. Nevertheless, this is a fine book that does reassure us of an afterlife from an author who has had more than her share of life problems and heartache. Some of it was brought about by herself, such as allowing her husband to almost kill her more than once and not leave him 'til around 15 years had passed. This is an autobiography and most interesting indeed. She talks of events that happened to her and of her realization that she could communicate with the other side of life and how she has helped others for many years now. A good read!

An Excellent Read
I loved this book - found it very personal and convinving about psychic ability and how it feels to suddenly receive this unusual "gift." Mia Dolan's insights into why we are here and how much influence we can have are thought-provoking and offered with simplicity and no preachiness. Her final words, that "we learn through suffering" are consoling to those who always wonder why life can be so difficult. Readers will wish for a little psychic ability after reading this book.

Biography of a Psychic
The title catches your eye, but Mia Dolan's lifelong struggles against poverty, abusive men, and family losses makes an interesting memoir even if the psychic parts were omitted. It details her efforts to survive verbal and physical abuse and to make a life for herself and her children and to overcome the circumstances and poor choices that try to drag her down.
Adding another dimension to this, is the awakening of her "gift" which enables her to help others. For those skeptical of anything they cannot see for themselves, this may seem too airy-fairy. For those with open minds, it's fascinating to see the development of Mia's psychic skills.
This book was published in Britain under the title, The Gift.