THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. [Import] (Paperback)

~ MITCH ALBOM (Author) "This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun..." (more)
Key Phrases: Ruby Pier, Blue Man, Crazy Three (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: TIME WARNER BOOK GROUP; 1st International Edition edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401398030
• ISBN-13: 978-1401398033
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,666 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,793,918 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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165 of 182 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put this book down., April 6, 2004

By	Kenneth Yeh (Westminster, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)

I just got this book today when someone recommended it to me and when I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I skipped dinner and didn't do my homework but it was just that good. It leaves you wondering if you ever made a difference in someone's life here on earth. Then it makes you wonder who the five people you will meet in heaven are. This book was truly inspirational. It makes you want to go out into the world and try and make as big as impact on people's lives. I recommend anyone to read this book whether you believe in heaven or not. It's an absolutely amazing book.

575 of 657 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true and compelling study of the meaning of life, November 15, 2003

By	MomofThree (McKinney, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)

Without going into the set-up of the story (which you can find in other reviews), I'll simply say this amazing little book is on my Christmas shopping list for those that are the dearest to my heart. This is a book I want to share with everyone! Not to scare anyone away from it -- by the end of this story, I was a sobbing mess! The first four of Eddie's people give little pieces of the puzzle, profound little tidbits to help him understand more about the events in his life. But his "fifth person" reveals Eddie's true purpose in life, a life that Eddie felt was a "nothing existence" on Earth. He learns from his fifth person that his life was an incredibly important piece of the tapestry of life's experience here -- one that meant more to people than he could ever have dreamed. A truly inspiring piece of American literature that EVERYONE should read!!

55 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another life-defining book from Mitch Albom, October 20, 2003

By	Andy Tan (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)

To tell the truth, after reading Tuesdays with Morrie from Mitch Albom, I did have high expectations for this follow-up.
And I must say that my expectations were more than surpassed by another winner from him.
The interweaving of Eddie "Maintenance"'s various aspects of life from his childhood, teenage years, courtship, military service, marriage, middle age to old age and finally the beginning of his journey through heaven was beautifully and intricately spun in this short tale.
The poetic descriptions of the various "steps" in heaven that Eddie traversed through in search for inner peace before his final resting destination and the 5 lessons he had to learnt brought to mind the eternal existentialistic questions of why we are here and what our life purpose is, in a quiet and non-intrusive manner. So much so that we can be prompted to examine our own lives more sympathetically.
The message I got from Mitch Albom at the end was that Eddie could have been anyone of us and that we do not need to wait for our turn to meet our five people in heaven to recognise that whatever we are doing now has meaning and has purpose in wonderful and beautiful ways and that we should never allow ourselves to belittle our lives.
Not quite the tearjerker as Tuesdays but Five People has certainly touched my heart and a few others in more ways than one. I hope that you will allow this beautiful book to touch yours too.
Kudos to Mitch Albom and a big thank you to his uncle Eddie for being the source of inspiration for this would-be classic.
God bless