The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Author Mitch Albom
Narrator Blair Singer, Erik Singer, Mitch Albom
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Run Time 4 hours and 32 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction.

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What to expect

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 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 follow up to TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. Its compellingly affecting themes and lyrical telling will fascinate Mitch Albom's huge readership.

Critics Review

Praise for Mitch Albom
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Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary
Cecilia Ahern
Powerful . . . Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew
Time
Compelling and uplifting
Independent
A writer with soul
Los Angeles Times
Albom breaks hearts with his stories
Mirror
Albom has done it again… FIVE PEOPLE is a powerful book, powerful enough to make one’s inner snob feel a little uncomfortable…Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew. If there is a heaven, he can expect to have around 5.7 million people waiting for him there
Time
[Eddie] learns not only about his life but also about what his time on earth meant. It is simple, unaffected and written with great feeling
Publishing News
Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast readership . . . this slim tale, like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, reminds us of what really matters here of earth, of what our lives are given to us for
Publishers Weekly
Mitch Albom lifts us to a new level … You’ll find here echoes of the classics – The Odyssey for one – and that puts Albom’s book in the best of company
Frank McCourt, author of ANGELA'S ASHES

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