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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
ISBN: 1401308589
ISBN-13: 9781401308582
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Eddie works as a maintenance man at an amusement park-a life he himself sees as nothing much. But at the age of 83, he accidentally dies saving the life of a child. When he gets to heaven, he meets five people who show him that his life, though quiet and uneventful, was definitely not lived in vain.
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Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published date: 2006
Size: 5.75 x 7.25 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 196
Publisher's Notes
Killed in a tragic accident at a seaside amusement park while trying to save a little girl, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had lived an uninspired life, awakens in the afterlife, where he discovers that heaven consists of having five people, acquaintances and strangers, explain the meaning of one's life.
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Hyperion. Paperback. 1401308589 SOFTCOVER, STORE DISPLAY COPY, UNREAD NEW BUT HAS A TAD BIT OF SHELFWEAR FROM STORE DISPLAY, OTHERWISE VERY NICE, CLEAN, COMPLETE . New. 3/1/2006. ( more information)
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Hyperion. Paperback. 1401308589 Review Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs. Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly """"At the time of his death, Eddie was an old man with a barrel chest and a torso as squat as a soup can,"""" writes Albom, author of the bestselling phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie, in a brief first novel that is going to make a huge impact on many hearts and minds. Wearing a work shirt with a patch on the chest that reads """"Eddie"""" over """"Maintenance,"""" limping around with a cane thanks to an old war injury, Eddie was the kind of guy everybody, including Eddie himself, tended to write off as one of life's minor characters, a gruff bit of background color. He spent most of his life maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park, greasing tracks and tightening bolts and listening for strange sounds, """"keeping them safe."""" The children who visited the pier were drawn to Eddie """"like cold hands to a fire."""" Yet Eddie believed that he lived a """"nothing"""" life-gone nowhere he """"wasn't shipped to with a rifle,"""" doing work that """"required no more brains than washing a dish."""" On his 83rd birthday, however, Eddie dies trying to save a little girl. He wakes up in heaven, where a succession of five people are waiting to show him the true meaning and value of his life. One by one, these mostly unexpected characters remind him that we all live in a vast web of interconnection with other lives; that all our stories overlap; that acts of sacrifice seemingly small or fruitless do affect others; and that loyalty and love matter to a degree we can never fathom. Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast readership. Bringing into the spotlight the anonymous Eddies of the world, the men and women who get lost in our cultural obsession with fame and fortune, this slim tale, like Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, reminds us of what really matters here on earth, of what our lives are given to us for. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. . Very Good. 1-Mar-06. ( more information)
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New. ISBN: 1401308589. . Ships in a sturdy box with delivery confirmation (in US). Free giftwrap upon request. Brand new, not a used item. Multiple copies may be available. Eddie is an old man who works at an amusement park - until he dies tragically trying to save a child. When he awakes in the afterlife, he find that heaven is not a destination; it's a place where five people you may or may not know explain your life. One by one, Eddie's five people reveal their connections to him on Earth, from childhood to old age, illuminating why he was born. From the author of Tuesdays with Morrie. Now in paperback! ( more information)
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