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'A beautiful and flawlessly choreographed book. WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, five individuals revisit their connections to Eddie on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his 'meaningless' life and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: 'Why was I here?' When Eddie awakens, he learns that the afterlife is not a destination, but a place where your existence is explained to you by five people - some of whom you knew, others who were ostensibly strangers. When a cart falls from the fairground, he rushes to save a little girl's life and tragically dies in the attempt. On his eighty-third birthday, Eddie's time on earth comes to an end.

Now an old man, his job is to fix rides at a seaside amusement park. Eddie knows Ruby Pier inside and out, and everyone greets him by. It is an ordinary day at Ruby Pier, an amusement park on the ocean where the elderly Eddie has worked in maintenance for all of his life. Eddie is an elderly man who has been through many positive and negative moments. Eddie ends up learning many lessons and what the true meaning of lifeand love really is. To his mind, Eddie has lived an uninspiring life. The Five People You Meet in Heaven By Mitch Albom Hyperion Books Copyright © 2006 Mitch Albom All right reserved. The novel begins with an unnamed, omniscient narrator counting down the last sixty minutes until the death of the protagonist, Eddie. The five people are the Blue Man, the Captain, Ruby, Marguerite (his wife who died due to sickness), and finally Tala (the girl who Eddie tried to save at Ruby pier).

'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern THE INSPIRATIONAL CLASSIC FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS

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