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An edition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It’s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie’s five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his “meaningless” life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: “Why was I here?”

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Hyperion
Language
English
Pages
196

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Subjects
Rainforests, prisoners of war, labor camps, land mines, argyria, silver nitrate, sideshows, diners, pneumonia, Open Library Staff Picks, Amusement rides, Death, Fictional Works, Aged men, Literature, Fiction, Heaven, Future life, Amusement parks, Accident victims, Older men, Psychological fiction, Cielo (Religión), Ancianos, Parques de diversiones, Vida futura, Ficción, Muerte, Víctimas de accidentes, Large type books, Elderly men, Accident victims-Fiction, Accidents, Visionary & Metaphysical, Religious, Fiction, psychological, Drama, Readers, Literature and fiction (general), Victimas de accidentes, Novela, Parques de diversión, Chinese language materials, Chang pian xiao shuo, Victimes d'accidents, Romans, nouvelles, Manèges (Attractions), Vie future, Hommes âgés, Ciel, Aspect religieux, Mort, Parcs d'attractions, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, general
People
Eddie, Marguerite, Joseph Corvelzchik, Captain, Ruby, Emile, Eddie's mother, Eddie's father, Mickey Shea, Dominguez, Willie, Annie, Tala, Nicky
Places
Ruby Pier, Philippines, Mexico, Heaven, Mei guo
Times
Xian dai .

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Cover of: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven: 你在天堂里遇见的五个人
2008-08-06, Shang hai yi wen chu ban she
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Les cinq personnes que j'ai rencontrées là-haut
2006-03, Oh Editions, Pocket
mass market paperback in French
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在天堂遇見的五個人
2005-10, Locus Publishing Company
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Les cinq personnes que j'ai rencontrées là-haut
2004, OH! éditions
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2003, Random House Large Print
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2003, Hyperion
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2003, Hyperion
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2003, Hyperion
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2003, Hyperion
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Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2003

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.6
Library of Congress
PS3601.L335F59 2003

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
196p.
Number of pages
196

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39219333M
Internet Archive
lccn_07868568716
ISBN 10
0786868716
ISBN 13
9780786868711
LCCN
2003047888
OCLC/WorldCat
249347927
Goodreads
61914386

First Sentence

"ESTE RELATO ES SOBRE UN hombre que se llamaba Eddie y empieza por el final, con Eddie muriendo al sol."

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The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive. It was published by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks.

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