This is an incredibly amazing story. Overall, it is very well-written and packed with powerful emotions. The first 5-10 chapters contain a bit too much information and go into too much detail about the parents' daily lives. That part is the only flaw in the whole book. However, I still give it 5 stars because the following 20 or so chapters more (much more) than make up for it. The epilogue is unbelievably moving. So make sure you read the whole book, cover to cover.
Regarding reincarnation, does this story prove it? I would say that the probability that the story is completely explainable under the materialist metaphysics that dominates science and secular culture is extremely small. When contacted, the parents presented an incomplete, not-yet-verified, and overall not very compelling case to the producers of the TV program 20/20 two years before they did all the research leading to the identification of pilot James Huston Jr. The lack of verification of their case at that time eventually caused the producers of 20/20 to decide against airing that episode. It was only after 2-3 years of hard work by the parents, verifying the information given by their son that eventually led to the Primtime interview and this book. This fact abolishes in my mind any accusation that the parents were doing this for media attention. If that were the case, then why not present the whole concocted case to the crew of 20/20, which to them at the time, could very well be their only shot at media attention?
Is this the most compelling proof of reincarnation? I wouldn't go that far. This case is extremely compelling, but it's still not on a level where the probability of a supernatural explanation is undeniably higher than an ordinary one. For a case that is, read up on the case of Ryan (a.k.a "Marty Martyn" in previous life) studied by Dr. Jim Tucker, professor of psychiatry at University of Virginia. That is another recent, American case. The details of that case, verified by Dr. Tucker, are such that even a rationally minded person would have to admit that a supernatural explanation is logically much more probable than an ordinary one.
A great read overall.
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