We are all intrigued by the concept of heaven. No one really knows what it looks like but having heard about it, do have certain presumptions about the place. This book by the acclaimed writer Mitch Albom explores this unique concept of heaven in his work of highly imaginative fiction.
The story The Five People You Meet in Heaven tells the tale of Eddie, a lonely war veteran, who on his eighty-third birthday dies tragically while trying to save a little girl’s life. He worked as the head of maintenance at an amusement park called Ruby Pier. And he had died saving a girl falling from the Ferris Wheel. Though a tragic end, at the start of the book, it is just the beginning of the story of Eddie. When he wakes up in afterlife, he learns that he is in ‘heaven’ where he is told that he will meet five people who would explain his earthly life to him, or rather why he lived and why he died. This is highly intriguing, because we, the....
