Book description
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. Mitch
Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's No.
1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. A
former professional musician, he hosts a daily radio show on WJR in
Detroit.
