The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven

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The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A True Story is a best-selling 2010 Christian book that purported to tell the story of Alex Malarkey's experiences in heaven after a traffic accident in 2004. It was published by Tyndale House Publishers, in 2010. Alex's father, Kevin Malarkey, is credited as a co-author along with Alex, and is the sole holder of the copyright. The book, which has sold more than a million copies, was adapted into a television film in March 2010. Since publication, Alex Malarkey and his mother, Beth have disavowed the book. Alex commented online in 2011 that it was "one of the most deceptive books ever", and wrote an extensive repudiation in an open letter to Christian bookstores in 2015, describing his near-death experience as a fabrication and that he never went to heaven. Its publisher Tyndale House therefore stopped printing the book, and many Christian bookstores removed it from their shelves.

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