Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156767 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

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.

maybe it's slightly better. im not sure
This book was quite inspirational. but the problem with it was, i didnt feel excited enough to go back to it everytime i put it down. So even though it's only a short read, it took me ages to finish it. But saying that, when i did pick it up again to read, i was quite immersed in it. So im not exactly sure why i didnt feel the push to read it in a day or two. so i think if i could, i'd give it 3-1/2 stars.

I thought it was wrtten beautifully, and i liked the actual 5 people Eddie met in heaven. and like another reviewer, i wasn't expecting the 5th one, and that was the more emotional of them all. I thought the ending was beautiful. And it kind of makes you think, or hope, that there's some special people from your life waiting to meet you again.

I enjoyed reading about Eddie's time in the army, i thought it was really well written and i felt for him and the tough times he went through. I'm a big believer in fate and everything happens for a reason and this book is all about that, which i really liked and felt comforted by it. But like i said, im not sure what, but it didnt grip me quite enough. Although i will read it again in the future, and will recommend it to people just for the fact that it leaves you with a lovely, comforted feeling.