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Readers' Favorite 2017 Gold Medal Award5 Star BOOK REVIEWReviewed by Susan Sewell for Readers' Favorite"The Boy Who Knew Too Much: An Astounding True Story of A Young Boy's Past-life Memories" by Cathy Byrd is the fascinating account of a toddler who remembers being Lou Gehrig in another lifetime. The two-year-old toddler is totally captivated and immersed in baseball. As a matter of fact, he is totally obsessed with it. He lives in his miniature Dodger's baseball clothes and cleats and refuses to wear anything else. He plays with his small bat and ball from morning until night. When the toddler surprises his mother with the outrageous statement that he is Lou Gehrig, she is stunned. He describes things from the era in which Lou Gehrig lived and gives her personal information about the legendary man of which he nor any small child his age has access. Needing to know if her son is correct, she begins the search into baseball's early history. What she discovers is phenomenal.The Boy Who Knew Too Much (An Astounding True Story of A Young Boy's Past-life Memories) by Cathy Byrd is an extraordinary memoir about a mother's journey into her young son's past-life memories and the amazing discoveries that she makes along the way. Despite the implications and far-fetched nature of her toddler's claims and the fact they were outside of her religious belief system, she was willing to go beyond the accepted standard to get answers. Her dogged determination in seeking and sometimes ferreting out the information needed to validate her son's claim to his former identity is admirable. Her loving concern enabled him to accept who he is and helped him ease into this lifetime. This is an amazing story of how far a mother will go to protect and support her child's mental and spiritual well-being. This is a fabulous memoir, and I highly recommend it to those who have had similar experiences, and most especially to those who love incidents that are not conventional, but of a reality beyond our perceived rationality. This book is a winner!BookLife Prize - 2017Plot: The straightforward (and well handled) plot is enhanced via the way the author's involvement deepens even as her son's innocence is maintained. Readers will find the story compelling.Prose: The prose is direct and unembellished, which is appropriate given the subject matter. The story moves forward smoothly and is engaging.Originality: Readers will have encountered similar stories before. However, the baseball angle makes this book feel fresh and original.Character Development: Cathy is a well developed character who evolves as she is drawn ever deeper into the world of reincarnation and past lives, while her son is a charming innocent throughout.KIRKUS REVIEWIn Byrd's touching debut memoir, a little boy stuns his parents by declaring that he was the baseball player Lou Gehrig in a previous life. When Christian Haupt was only a toddler, he was singularly enthralled by the sport of baseball. Although he was still too young to play the game, he talked about it constantly, refused to wear anything else but a baseball uniform, and seemed peculiarly disinterested in other, typical attractions of his peers, including toys, television, or even other children. He also sometimes referred to himself as an alter ego named "Baseball Konrad." Byrd, Christian's mother, recorded a video of him playing ball in 2011 and posted it on YouTube in the hope of winning him the privilege of throwing out the first pitch of the season for his beloved Los Angeles Dodgers. The video was a sensation and ultimately led to Christian making a cameo appearance in the 2012 Adam Sandler movie That's My Boy. It turned out that Christian's indefatigable enthusiasm was coupled with genuinely precocious athletic talent. Byrd writes that one day in 2011, the young boy, still only 2 years old, started to share information about baseball from the 1920s and '30s, including some that was esoteric even for avid, adult fans. Then Christian began to relate memories of what seemed like a past adult life as a baseball player; Byrd figured out that Christian believed that he was Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees. Byrd was initially unsure what to make of her son's disclosures, and sought counsel from multiple sources, including Jim B.Tucker, a well-known professor of psychiatry and neurobehavorial science. Byrd's memoir almost reads like a suspenseful novel, and readers are sure to be gripped by the possible explanations she provides for Christian's seemingly inexplicable memories. She also thoughtfully reflects on her own spirituality, and the ways in which her son's revelations challenged her Christian faith: "I was particularly interested in finding out why the concept of living more than one lifetime was incompatible with Christianity....Much to my surprise, I could not find a single scripture in the Bible that repudiates reincarnation." On the whole, this is an affecting portrayal of parenthood, and an affectionate love letter from a mother to her unusual child.An eclectic mix of mystery, memoir, and the supernatural.Go back Save changes
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Cathy Byrd is the author of the book "The Boy Who Knew Too Much," which was released by Hay House on March 21, 2017. The movie rights for this remarkable story have recently been purchased by 20th Century Fox and producer DeVon Franklin who created the movies "Heaven is for Real" and "Miracles from Heaven." Cathy is a residential real estate broker and mother of two young children who never had aspirations of becoming a writer until her two-year-old son began sharing memories of being a baseball player in the 1920s and '30s. What makes this story even more fascinating is that Byrd's son Christian Haupt has been touted by the international media as being a baseball prodigy since the age of two when he was discovered on YouTube by Adam Sandler for a baseball-playing cameo role in the movie "That's My Boy." Shortly after his fourth birthday, Christian became the youngest person to ever throw a ceremonial first pitch at a Major League baseball game and his YouTube baseball videos have now been viewed by more than 15 million people. Christian's case has been studied by Dr. Jim Tucker from the University of Virginia Medical School department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. Dr. Tucker has continued the research on children's past-life memories that was originally started by Dr. Ian Stevenson in 1967. The University of Virginia now has over 2,500 documented cases of children who remember past lives on file. A Southern California native, Cathy received her B.A. from UCLA and her M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. The most likely place to find Cathy in her free time is at a youth baseball field.
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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Hay House Inc. (March 21, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401953425
ISBN-13: 978-1401953423
Product Dimensions:
5.9 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
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Before the true believers get defensive here are books on reincarnation I have read and actually recommend:Reliving Past Lives by Helen WambachMission to Millboro and Return to Millboro: The Reincarnation Drama Continues both by Marge RiederReincarnation: A New Horizon in Science, Religion and Society by Sylvia Cranston & Carey WilliamsAll of these books actually make an intriguing argument for the case of reincarnation, both in a scholarly, psychological and historically accurate situations and a great deal of their believability is that the subjects of the books were not only "regular" people in one case the subject recalled literally being a mentally retarded shepherd which was more interesting than being a famous person really. There was also a sense of general unease amongst the subjects. The weight of previous life memories on a current life created a certain level of discomfort despite the interest whether they were traumatic or benign.That being said I found Cathy Byrd's book to be impossible to read and a bit infuriating and even insulting to the deceased as it feels more like a fame grab on the coat tails of Lou Gehrig, who conveniently does not have a surviving immediate family to defend him from this bizarre form of tomb raiding. There are just too many things about this book that are questionable and I think what Ms. Byrd has actually uncovered is a new strain of munchausen by proxy syndrome.1.Christian's claims of being a baseball player are predominately witnessed by by his mother and repeated only at her prompting to "witnesses". He never claims to be Lou Gehrig. Cathy makes that claim.2. Cathy had a decade long career in sports marketing and all of the time in the world to research her "project", plot her story and groom her son.3. The glossy videos and photo shoots of her son over the years, posed with players and other celebrities as well as enlisting him in multiple baseball camps is blatant show biz training and red-flags a momager in earnest.4. The whole thing reads like a glossy, carefully planned out tale and it appears that Cathy was courting a movie deal before she even got a book deal.5.That this is all dropped on us now that Christian is eight and Cathy claims that he is "forgetting" his memories is also convenient as this prevents him from having to be interviewed or studied in depth by more than one specialist on reincarnation. We just need to take her word for it.6. Let's face it, Cathy is the real star of the show and blatantly "regresses" herself to prove that she was Lou Gehrig's mother and that they both neatly found each other "through the sky" to be together and get famous together in a brand new life.The books I listed in the beginning made me think, "Yes, this can happen". Books like Cathy's are just too convenient and feel so wrong. As I said earlier, the greatest emphasis this book carries is Cathy's need for attention and that she rigorously does so thru her son is disturbing to me. What will happen as Christian gets older? What excuses does she have in place if/when Christian either tires of baseball or does not live up to his projected talent as he gets older? Lou Gehrig was a talented athlete before the use of enhancement drugs, arguably the players who had beaten his records did so under the influence of these drugs will Cathy be pumping junk into her son to ensure that he reclaims greatness? It just seems like Cathy has worked pretty darn hard to establish this (dare I say - fantasy?) reality and her validity points are just so tidy but I still feel like this is snake oil and a perhaps narcissistic mother's desperate attempt for attention and fame thru her hapless son.I'm just not sold on this. At all.
I made the mistake of reading some of the 1 star reviews before actually reading the book. Although these reviews stirred some skepticism in me, once I got into it, I wasn't able to put this book down. Being a huge baseball fan, and someone who has always believed in past lives, this story solidified my beliefs even further, especially by the time I got to the end. When you realize there are truly to "mistakes" in life and when you learn to trust the synchronicities, everything seems to fall into place, as everything does with Cathy's story. I loved reading about Cathy's past life regressions, and seeing her own beliefs transform before our eyes. I haven't checked out the regressions transcripts yet, but how you can deny the details she was able to confirm? This book is not just Cathy's amazing story and it's not just Christian's...It's the story of the love between a mother and son that transcends lifetimes. I highly recommend this book and cannot wait to see the movie!
The depth a mother will go for her child defies motherhood. Engaging in a sport she wasn't familiar with, meeting new people within it, traveling across the country, researching, engaging in meditation, being hypnotized for past life regressions and helping others along the way while holding down a full time job....all to ensure the little tyrant she has been blessed with is saturated within his all consuming love... baseball. Oh, and how her son possessed knowledge of and a belief that he was a famous baseball player from the 1920's and 30's. All wrapped up in a book that will have you scratching your head as to whether reincarnation is real. Cathy shares private experiences of her and her families lives with the hope of helping others. She also mentions how thinking in positive ways brought about special experiences in their lives. (A how to book for the would be seeker). I never played nor possessed much interest in baseball; I think those days might be behind me now.
While the story is very interesting, the voice of the mother drowned out the subject. In several instances the impression left by the presentation of the story was that Mom was really going for publicity more than using this fascinating and believable occurrence as a way to reach people. Reincarnation is such a comforting concept. Believing that our God is merciful, how relieved am I to know I have more than one chance to learn life lessons and improve as a human being over time.So much of this message was lost in the self-aggrandizing throughout this book, although that penchant seemed to escalate toward the end of the book.By the end, the mom/author I initially liked became somewhat repugnant. The content of the story became lost through the grating voice of the story teller.
The story as sold intrigued me but it was a complete bait and switch. It was significantly less about the son and more about the Mom. When she takes him to former childhood homes etc it seems way too overthought. I didn’t care about the whole reincarnation vs Christianity struggle storyline and thought those parts were boring, then skipped them as they droned on. The name dropping was too much as well. The parts I was interested in could have amounted to a nice magazine article.
The author is a Christian woman that does not believe in reincarnation. She has a son, who at a very tender young age convinces her that he was a famous baseball player in a past life. She wrestles with her beliefs at the same time she is trying to verify the stories her son is telling her.I have read many reincarnation stories, and I have to say that this is quite a compelling tale. I hope the family can go on and have a "normal" life in spite of the sensationalism this kind of story can cause. If you are not a believer in reincarnation, this story might just change your mind. I am glad I read it.
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