

Loading... The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)by Mitch Albom
![]() » 11 more No current Talk conversations about this book. Borrowed ( ![]() NO STARS. Eddie dies in an accident at work. He is old and alone and believes his life was useless and wasted. After he dies, he visits with five people whose lives intersected with his. They help him understand and come to terms with the life he had. Sad at times, but ultimately uplifting as the author’s point is that all our lives have value, even when we cannot see it for ourselves. One man's journey into heaven and finding out what his life on Earth really meant. I would give this book a 3.5. I enjoyed it. Even though Eddie is just a fictional character, I loved hearing his story. I have always found it fascinating to hear stories from people that have lived so much longer than me and hear what it was like for them when there was some big change in the world or some advancement. For such a small book, it really packs a lot in. It really was a beautiful story and really makes you think.
''The Five People You Meet in Heaven'' can be reduced to a string of.. reassuring verities and a list of who Eddie's five people turn out to be... But that would do an injustice to a book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.
Eddie awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?" No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6 — Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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