the five people you meet in heaven - Mitch Albom
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"All ending are beginnings. We just don't know it at the time..."
#1 New York Times bestseller!!
From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. As the park has changed over the years -- from the Loop-the-Loop to the Pipeline Plunge -- so, too, has Eddie changed, from optimistic youth to embittered old age. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.
Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. With his final breath, he feels two small hands in his -- and then nothing. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who were in it. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.
One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.
In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.
personally, i enjoyed this book, because you can really relate the experiences and lessons to your life -
ah, a good book. i see a lot of people reading it on the train.
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i have been searching for this book!!!!!
xue di u have? can borrow?
oops forgot that u are not in sg.
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everywhere i go i see this book mahOriginally posted by browniebaobao:i have been searching for this book!!!!!
xue di u have? can borrow?
oops forgot that u are not in sg.
go borders or kino
IMM the Commercial Press Bookshop also have -
it's a book i've yet to read...
dunno.. don't feel like reading it.. probably one of those which is like a motivation type...
i'll give it a go if i run out of things to read
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Oh great!! love the book that i bought one soft copy and one hard copy. its really really good.
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btw, please write your own reviews too?
my input will be diminished from next week as i stop taking public transport to work... will attempt to read more at home -
I got the book loh.Originally posted by browniebaobao:i have been searching for this book!!!!!
xue di u have? can borrow?
oops forgot that u are not in sg. 
Best. -
heheOriginally posted by Patrik:I got the book loh.
Best.
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Nice. Recommended.
Can borrow from library... but u must be fast + a bit of luck. -
The movie is even better
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the movie's out already?
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YEah...its a great show!! seen it at hallmark few months back.... tuesday with morries as well...Originally posted by rainee:The movie is even better -
Hmm, i dun tink it is shown in the cinema, it is a movie on a channel here in US...but they put it into a DVD...so if you are interested, can always go and check out the DVD...tink they shud have it on Amazon.com...Originally posted by thousandisland:the movie's out already? -
Want borrow from me?Originally posted by browniebaobao:hehe
Or i type out every word in msn. -
Seriously,this is one of the best books i have come across.