Five People You Meet in Heaven Reviews

Mitch Albom's novel begins an hour before the death of its main character, an 83-year-old maintenance worker at a boardwalk amusement park named Eddie. Eddie dies trying to rescue a small girl from a falling gondola that breaks loose from a freefall ride in a freak accident.

The story is Mitch Albom's vision of Heaven, a place where the meaning of your life is explained to you by five people whose lives intersected your own, some of them in ways you might not have even noticed.

It's a story of closure and a story of purpose, of making sense out of the twists and injustices of life and of finding...

Saw the made for TV movie before I read the book. Wish I would have read the book first!!I have to admit, I thought that the story was going to be a bit on the "gooey" side. But now, whenever I need a good cathartic cry, this is the first book I'll grab.

I like how the story flows, starting at the end of his life, back to his childhood, & then full circle to his future. Very thought provoking book, but no so deep that one can't grasp the gist of what Mr. Albom is trying to get at.