Just as the title says, ‘the five people you meet in heaven’ describes Albom’s imagination of what a person must experience when they go to heaven after dying. This is how the story starts- by Eddie becoming a Deaddie.

There’s an accident and Eddie dies trying to pull out a little girl from under the cart when it is falling down. So today is Eddie’s 83rd birthday, and he is working at the pier as usual, when a cart in the Freddy’s Free Fall(a ride at the pier) comes loose. Eddie walks with a limp- a bullet wound to the knee caused during the war, and is very lonely in his old age, having outlived all family and friends. For his first fiction novel (tuesdays with Morrie and other books before it were all non-fiction), Albom chooses his uncle Eddie as the protagonist-his favorite uncle, who taught Albom to play the keyboard, who did everything he could do avoid working at Ruby Pier, but still ended up as the Head of Maintenance at the Ruby Pier (an oceanside amusement pier).

So I was pleasanty surprised when I got to read about a dear old man suffering from ALS, and his talks with the author instead, which were the exact opposite of boring!Įddie Maintenance. My tryst with Mitch Albom began when I borrowed ‘ tuesdays with Morrie‘ from a friend, and on getting an idea of what the book was about, let’s say I wasn’t so enthusiastic to start it, because I find philosophy talk boring. Simple and refreshing take on life and death Bookxpert Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Fictionīuy ‘the five people you meet in Heaven’ now ( hardcover)īuy ‘the five people you meet in Heaven’ now ( Kindle edition)

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