The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Name: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.29 (68 reviews)
Author: Mitch Albom
ISBN: 9781478927792

Author: Mitch Albom

Narrator: Mitch Albom

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 11/04/2013

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a war veteran encounters the true significance of life after death in this touching modern classic. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic amusement park ride accident in an attempt to save a little girl’s life. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by both loved ones and distant strangers. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom will change everything you’ve ever thought about the afterlife—and the meaning of our lives here on earth.

About Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty-one million copies in forty-seven languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers—including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time—award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. Albom founded and oversees SAY Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, along with a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit’s most underserved citizens. Since 2010, he has operated the Have Faith Haiti orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fretty on October 10, 2007

"Lost love is still love, Eddie. It just takes a different form, that's all. You can't hold their hand... You can't tousle their hair... But when those senses weaken another one comes to life... Memory... Memory becomes your partner. You hold it... you dance with it... Life has to end, Eddie... Love......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on August 17, 2024

Eddie just reached his 83rd birthday. Eddie is a maintenance worker at Ruby's Pier, but today is not like every other day. This is the last day of Eddie's life. In a freak accident at the amusement park, one of the carts comes unhinged, and Eddie rushes in to save a little girl below. Eddie meets fi......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on February 26, 2019

Reread Feb 2019 No matter how many times I read this book, its effect on me remains the same. Heart breaking and heart warming in equal measure. "Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade.......more

Goodreads review by James on January 29, 2018

I enjoyed this book. It had a great voice, interesting characters and good messages. I liked how each of the 5 people were connected in different ways, some surprise. The style grabs you. I thought it was a good intro to learn more about how this author writes. Spiritual without getting too religiou......more