The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

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.

Mitch Albom, a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, has been named America's No. 1 author. The Associated Press Sports Editors have named him No. 1 sports columnist eight times. Albom, a former professional musician, runs a daily radio show on Detroit's WJR and appears on ESPN's The Sports Reporters on a regular basis. He is the author of the national hits Bo and Fab Five, as well as four collections of his writings. He and his wife, Janine, live in Michigan.