The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom writes an amazing book about how our lives and sorrows connect in this enthralling sequel to the #1 bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It follows the tale of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie, the young girl he rescued on earth.

The world fell in love with Eddie, a weathered war veteran turned amusement park mechanic, in Mitch Albom's well-known book The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Eddie passed while protecting the life of a little girl called Annie. Eddie learned the value of every life on his way to paradise. Now, Albom tells Annie's tale in this enchanted sequel.

Annie was forever changed by Eddie's fatal tragedy. Her left hand was taken by it and had to be surgically reattached. Annie is carried away from her familiar surroundings by her distraught mother, leaving her injured, traumatised, and unable to recall why. This alteration in Annie's life lasts a lifetime. As she gets older, Annie struggles to fit in because she is teased by her friends and is troubled by something she can't remember. As a young woman, she feels she has at last achieved happiness when she gets back in touch with her childhood love, Paulo.

The story begins with Annie being married to Paulo. However, after an unbelievable event on her wedding night, Annie embarks on her own heavenly trip and will inevitably reunite with Eddie, one of the five individuals who will demonstrate to her how much her life matters in ways she could never have imagined.

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven is a poignant and beautiful novel full of unexpected turns that serves as a reminder that every life matters and that every ending is also a beginning, we just need to be open enough to perceive it.