Early ReviewersThomas Smith

Imagine your dearly departed relatives – now in the afterlife.

The after place is pleasant, to be sure, with mountain-fresh air, spanking clean streets, and no crime, no war, no Fox or CNN. But with only endless pleasantness – people inevitably get bored. So what do they do? They form clubs.

Written by Thomas Smith, with a nudge from afterlife commentator Mark Twain, The Afterlife Meddlers Club details the well-intentioned deeds of one such club. What we on earth call “karma” is, in fact, the result of ALMC members who meet to negotiate, make matches, and then affectionately meddle until the outcome is inevitable.

Following the efforts of two meddlers who try to bring their divorced grandchildren Katie and Tim together, while battling that pesky “free will” thing, The After Life Meddlers Club is filled with humor, offhand sarcasm that’s true to life, and insights about love, loss, longing, and loneliness. You may laugh out loud and you may shed a tear, but you’ll clearly be entertained as these meddlers ply their club’s trade in the service of their grown grandchildren, who are eagerly and sometimes hilariously seeking their true soulmates.