All we know of heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard is about best friends involved in a horrendous auto accident involving a Toyota and a truck on an icy road. One of the teenagers survives.

Because of their condition, Maureen is mistaken for Bridget – they are very similar in physical stature. Family and friends prepare for the situation, Burial services are held for Maureen. Then when positive identification is made, all sorts of emotions come into play. Seeing the characters readapting to the change of circumstances was gripping. I was right there for Maureen to make it through her physical, emotional, and interpersonal travails. The author states in her acknowledgements that “Although at least two separate and heart-wrenching cases of mistaken identity after a motor vehicle accident have really happened over the past decade, there is no intentional similarity to the experiences of any actual family or individual.” That said, you would be hard pressed to say that this story sounded fabricated in any way.