Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line

W.C. Fields reportedly quipped as he flipped through a Bible on his deathbed: "I'm looking for loopholes."

Is a last minute conversion really a loophole? Is it fair to the faithful who have "toed the line" their whole lives?

Far from being the easy way out, a deathbed conversion is almost always the culmination of years spent resisting God's patient, persistent call. Each of these journeys to redemption will deepen your faith and encourage you to help others find their way to him.

In this book you'll read the compelling stories of thirteen people who finally found peace with the Lord in the last months, weeks, or even hours of their lives, including:

• Poet/playwright Oscar Wilde
• Nobel laureate Alexis Carrel
• Actors John Wayne, Patricia Neal, and Gary Cooper
• Gangster Dutch Shultz
• Entertainer Buffalo Bill
• And more

I love this book. It has all the attractive power of the supermarket tabloids -- big celebrity names, sex, violence, everything but aliens -- but with the grace, eloquence, and profundity of Augustine's Confessions. It will be the book you most enjoy reading this year. --Mike Aquilina, EWTN host and author of The Fathers of the Church

Lively, engaging stories of conversion that will encourage us to accept the offer of God s friendship in Jesus Christ and to encourage others to do so sooner rather than later. --The Most Reverend George J. Lucas, Archbishop of Omaha

Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line is unquestionably a most unique and fascinating book. Author Karen Edmisten has woven compelling and inspiring stories together, which will absolutely stir your heart you won t be able to put it down! --Donna-Marie Cooper O Boyle, EWTN TV Host and best-selling author