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A Short History
A few years before
Embraced By The Light was published, Betty J. Eadie began
sharing her story with small gatherings of people and with patients at
local hospitals. Her words filled listeners with hope and comfort. Betty
knew that God wanted her to share her story with the world, but she waited
for the right moment and for the right people to help her.
 In 1992, Betty
met Curtis Taylor of Gold Leaf Press, a small publisher with offices in
Placerville, California and Carson City, Nevada, and she felt prompted
by God that the right time had come. With Taylor's help, Betty immediately
began preparing her story for publication. By the end of summer, 1992,
Embraced By The Light was complete and ready for the press.
Upon its release,
the book met with instant success. In less than a year, it sold a million
copies. People who read Embraced By The Light were so touched
by it, they purchased multiple copies for family and friends. In September,
1993, after 17 weeks climbing the charts, the book reached #1 on the New
York Times bestseller list. It stayed there for over a year.
"People seem
to have a hunger for spirituality," Betty said during a press interview
that year. "Not everyone likes what my experience reveals, but everyone
seems driven by an increasing desire for spiritual knowledge."
As evidence,
perhaps, of that desire, today Embraced By The Light has
sold more than 6-million copies and has been translated into 27 languages.
Readers all over the world have been touched by its story, and lives have
been changed for the good.
Betty, however,
gives credit only to God. "He gave me this near-death experience.
I don't know why. It's he who touches people as they read Embraced
By The Light, not me. He touches each person differently as they
read because he loves us and knows us perfectly. I'm amazed and humbled
to see how much love and hope he has given to so many through this one,
simple book."
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