A Sad Beginning

I will be honest, it was hard for me to read this book when I was pregnant.  This book is about losing a spouse and of course being pregnant I was very emotional.  I just started reading it again and my emotions are more under control.  The first section of the book is about heartache and struggle.  First Chris is struggling to stay alive and then in death he is struggling to understand what is happening and  to communicate with his wife, Ann.  Chris is seeing all the sadness over his death - at the hospital, his funeral, and his family's life afterwards - and all the while he is watching Ann's heartache over his death.  Everything he is experiencing is painful and he is helpless to reassure his family he is with them. While the concept of the book is interesting, it was hard for me to get through this section.

I am curious, would you stick around after death like Chris?  After reading Chris' account, I wouldn't want to but I think I would have the same reaction as Chris with being confused as to what is happening and denying that I had died.