The release date for the English version of 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' by
Mitch Albom is Sep 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
From the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, the astonishing #1 New York Times bestseller, comes a book that delves into the unexpected connections in our lives and the notion that paradise isn't just a destination, but rather a solution.
Eddie is an elderly guy who has had combat wounds and believes he has led an uninteresting life. He works at a seashore amusement park, maintaining rides. He is killed in a sad accident on his 83rd birthday while attempting to rescue a little girl from a falling wagon. When he wakes up in the afterlife, he discovers that heaven is not a place to go. There, five people—some of whom you may have known and others who may have been strangers—explain your life to you. Eddie's five friends relive their relationships with him on earth one by one, from boyhood to old age, unraveling the riddles of his "meaningless" existence and exposing the unsettling truth behind the age-old question, "Why was I here?"