The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom

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Author: Mitch Albom
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09
ISBN: 0786868716
Number of pages: 198
Publisher: Hyperion

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Book Review: This will open your heart and soul
Summary: 5 Stars

Spirituality is the most important ingredient in my life. [...] I am always on the outlook for books that enhance my spirit. This one definitely did it for me in the most heartwarming way.

It is a delightful fantasy that paints a picture of what it might be like to meet people on the other side. The book made me realize that those people might not be exactly who I would think them to be. It made me think about how one never knows what lives they may touch in unknown, yet significant ways.

This is a sweet and sentimental tale that is guaranteed to touch your heart. I cried and I cried at the end of the book. They were tears of joy. What it did for me was to connect with loved ones within my own life who had passed on. My heart absolutely glowed after reading it.

It is the kind of book that can be read in one sitting. As I recall, I didn't stop reading it until I was done. When I had finished, I felt as if my heart and soul had totally woken up. I have nothing but the highest praise for it. It was one of the best books that I read that year!

Davis Aujourd'hui, author of "The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude"

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Summary of The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Plot Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?" Personal Details Collection Status In Collection Index 10 Read It Yes Links Amazon US Product Details LoC Classification PS3601.L335F59 2003 Dewey 813/.6

Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs.

Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley

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