The Truth About Medium

March 1, 2006
Adult/High School -For 10 years, Schwartz has been running experiments regarding people who claim to talk to and/or see the dead. One of the most famous of these, Allison DuBois, was one of his research subjects. As a result of public interest generated by the show, the author, a psychology professor, saw the need to share the results of his research, hence his book. "Truth" and DuBois - own book, "Don -t Kiss Them Good-bye" (S & S, 2005), reinforce one another. "Kiss" will change many skeptics to believers. Schwartz -s book, on the other hand, may cause believers to feel skeptical unless they read the whole thing. Schwartz seems unwilling to completely believe the results of his own double- and triple-blind experiments. While he presents the evidence (some of which involves the work of DuBois), he sometimes hedges his bets, using such words as -apparently - to qualify the actuality of his researcher/mediums - connections with the dead. Schwartz writes in a popular style, readily accessible to teens, and he raises some fascinating questions not addressed by the earlier book." -Judy McAloon, Potomac Library, Prince William County, VA"

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