Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54622 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-25
• Binding: Hardcover
• 228 pages

Time
'Albom has done it again . . . a powerful book, powerful enough to make one's inner snob feel a little uncomfortable'

Publishing News
'Simple, unaffected and written with great feeling'

Synopsis
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE such an astonishing book. The novel's protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. While each guide takes him through heaven, Eddie learns a little bit more about what his time on earth meant, what he was supposed to have learned, and what his true purpose on earth was. Throughout there are dramatic flashbacks where we see scenes from his troubled childhood, his years in the army in the Philippines jungle, and with his first and only love, his wife Marguerite. THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is the perfect book to follow TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. Its compellingly affecting themes and lyrical writing will fascinate Mitch Albom's huge readership.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
Well there's 3 days of my life I'll never get back!

Sorry, but I have to disagree with most of the reviews of this.
I was really looking forward to what I thought would be interesting subject matter with the potential for a great deal of exploration.

What I found was the basis for a trite america made-for-tv movie.

Avoid would be the only word that springs to mind.

five people you meet in heaven
a book that soothes the soul, repairs and heals and i am so glad i read it, iwas given it by a cousin after a spate of deaths. i was all grieved out but found this book beautiful and i have never reacted to a book the way i did this one....beautiful

It moved even my stony heart.
I sat reading this book on a long haul flight next to my very senior boss. Despite needing to keep my proffesionalism and composure throughout the flight, I couldn't. Only a handful of books have ever made me cry and I was literally sobbing. So unexpected; it's a simple story, beautifully written and the ending touched my heart.