It follows the life and death of a maintenance man named Eddie. It was published in 2003 by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks. Its compellingly affecting themes and lyrical writing will fascinate Mitch Albom's huge readership. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a novel by Mitch Albom. The Five People You Meet in Heaven is the perfect book to follow Tuesdays with Morrie. 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. 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. Mitch also works as a columnist and a broadcaster, and serves on numerous charitable boards.
Both books were made into acclaimed TV films. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Heaven (Paperback) Mitch Albom (author). His first novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, was an instant number one New York Times bestseller that has since sold more than six million copies worldwide. 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. 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.
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