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PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-101401308589

ISBN-139781401308582

eBay Product ID (ePID)51715839

Product Key Features

Book TitleFive People You Meet in Heaven

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicPsychological, Christian / Classic & Allegory, Visionary & Metaphysical, Religious

GenreFiction

AuthorMitch Albom

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6.4 Oz

Item Length7.1 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey DecimalFIC

SynopsisA specially produced paperback edition--with flaps--of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. 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 five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. 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 gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife--and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie , will treasure., Mitch Albom's timeless tale, a book that readers of fine fiction and those who loved his blockbuster "Tuesdays With Morrie," will treasure is now available in a specially produced paperback edition with flaps., 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.