Do Dead People Watch You Shower?: And Other Questions You've Been All but Dying to Ask a Medium [Paperback]

Concetta Bertoldi (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 26, 2007

Medium Concetta Bertoldi answers all your questions about life after life

. . . from the irreverent:
(If the dead are always with us, do they have a XXX view of my bedroom?)

. . . to the poignant:
(Will my deceased father be with me when I walk down the aisle on my wedding day?)

. . . to the heartfelt:
(When loved ones leave this life too early or under tragic circumstances, are they eternally heartbroken or can they find peace in heaven?)

Concetta Bertoldi has been communicating with the "Other Side" since childhood. In Do Dead People Watch You Shower?, the first-ever book of its kind, she exposes the naked truth about the fate and happiness of our late loved ones with no-holds-barred honesty and delightfully wry humor, answering questions that range from the practical to the outrageous. In addition she shares with us her own intimate secrets, revealing with refreshing candor how her miraculous gift has affected her life, her marriage, her friendships, and her career, as well as the myriad ways she has used it to help others.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Whether readers believe what Bertoldi has to say is a matter of choice, but the charm of this "average Jersey girl who talks to the dead" goes a long way toward making this one of the more approachable titles in the recent wave of medium-authored books. It also has a format with wide appeal, more or less cribbed from the bestselling Why Do Men Have Nipples? Instead of personal health questions, Bertoldi answers queries like "Do the dead go to ball games?" (Yes) and "How meaningful are coincidences in our lives?" (Very). The book also has a dishy element, delving into the medium's personal life (her husband's a skeptic) and a number of celebrity encounters. Though generally fun reading throughout, questions of God, heaven and other spiritual matters are met with vague language; she's similarly uninformative regarding practical matters like finding happiness or contacting the seemingly omnipresent dead.
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Review

“With her fun loving and sparkling personality, it is no wonder the spirit world wants to speak to her.” (James Van Praagh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of TALKING TO HEAVEN )

“I most definitely believe…Concetta Bertoldi is definitely not your run-of-the-mill medium, definitely not.” (Billy Baldwin )

“GHOSTS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN: the dead do walk among us, watch us make love and sometimes even try to get in on the action—but they won’t follow us into bars.” (PAGE SIX, New York Post )

“The charm of this ‘average Jersey girl who talks to the dead’ goes a long way toward making this one of the more approachable titles in the recent wave of medium-authored books.” (Publishers Weekly )

“Bertoldi swears she has been communicating with the dead since she was a little girl. Now she reveals everything you’v ever wanted to know about what it’s like.” (Daily News )

“Sweet, funny, and reassuring . . . What makes Bertoldi stand out are her personality and positive energy, which shines throughout. An engaging, life-affirming read . . .” (Library Journal )

“I have never read a more straightforward book about ‘The Other Side’…Concetta instills a sense that there is more living after death…heart-warming.” (Abigail Carter, author of The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation )

“Believers will delight in knowing the answers…any way you look at it, it’s interesting reading for anyone curious about the afterlife.” (Chicago Sun Times: The Book Room )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (December 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061351229
• ISBN-13: 978-0061351228
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Channeling

More About the Author

Concetta Bertoldi is a full-time medium with a two-year waiting list who is regularly consulted by members of Britain's royal family, American celebrities, politicians, and others. She lives in New Jersey with her husband.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 68 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting March 20, 2008

By autumnphoenix2 VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

When I saw this book, I was a little leery to read it because as a Christian, I've been taught that "mystical" things are to be avoided (psychics, ghosts, etc). However, Bertoldi often mentions that she belives in God and that in her "readings," she asks for God's protection. That, plus the interesting title, caused me to read the book, and I am glad that I did!

For people who are unsure about the afterlife or the existence of God, in no way does Bertoldi preach or push her beliefs throughout the book. She even mentions that her husband is a nonbeliever. Rather, Bertoldi shares her experiences and the things that she has learned from the spiritual world.

Personally, I've never really been a believer in ghosts and aliens and things, but Bertoldi's work makes a really good case for a spiritual world that is near our own. It hasn't made me a hard-core believer in mediums and such, but it's at least opened my mind more, helped answer random questions that I've had about death, etc. It made me stop and question if I'm living a good life, and it helped pull my focus away from living an Earth-life to trying to live a life that is more fit for Heaven.

Very interesting book. I highly recommend it!

45 of 49 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The answer is yes, dead people watch you shower July 21, 2008

By Kerry D

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

The title of this book, "Do Dead People Watch you Shower?" has been a question of mine so I bought the book to find out the answer. Unfortuately, according to the author, the answer is yes, dead people do watch us shower and watch us do everything else that we thought was private. This wasn't the answer that I wanted to hear but later in the book she presented information about two readings where she did not see any spirits around the two people she was giving readings to. I'm hoping that I might possibly fall into this category and if so, then my showers have been indeed private. LOL

The book is written in a question/answer format and she includes some questions where she says she really doesn't know the answers. I thought this was alittle strange as I would have expected and preferred her to only include the questions that she could answer and leave out any that she couldn't. Anyway, the book was very interesting.

59 of 66 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Already a Believer January 10, 2008

By Donna G.

Format:Paperback

I loved this book. I can't say that Concetta Bertoldi convinced me that life of the spirit continues beyond physical death because I was already a believer. But I loved Concetta's warmth and irreverence, and while a lot of her stories just confirmed what I already believed, there were also a LOT that made even a believer say, "Wow." One thing that stood out for me is nothing "paranormal" or "spiritual" at all - that was Concetta's advice for anyone who wants to be happier, just SMILE.