I loved the entire concept behind The Five People You Meet in Heaven! Death is presented as a new beginning, not an ending. Through his conversations with these individuals, this once-unhappy widowed man starts to appreciate the work and life he had. These people help him realize his importance and his purpose on Earth. They are people who directly or indirectly had an impact on him, or he on them. Some he was close to some he had never known before. After dying he finds himself alone but as energetic as a young child with all of his misery and pain vanished. Diverse Easy Reader | Illustrated ChapterĮddie, an 83-year-old war veteran, risks his life to save the life of a young girl from a cart whose cable was loose from a ride in the amusement park.Would recommend it to those who love reading psychological and philosophical fiction. This book is thought-provoking with philosophical lessons which inspire you. The answers he was searching for, finally get satiated. The last person (Tala) tells him the entire journey while connecting all the threads. You nurture it, hold it, and dance with it. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. The fourth person (Marguerite/wife) teaches,

We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. It’s something to aspire to, little sacrifice/ big sacrifice. It’s supposed to be and not something to regret. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. The second person he meets (Captain) teaches,ĭYING: Not the end of everything. NO LIFE IS A WASTE: The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone. STRANGERS: are just family you have yet to come to know. If it did, no good person would ever die young. The first person he meets (Blue man) teaches,įAIRNESS: does not govern life and death. Telling him how they are connected with each other, despite not knowing or meeting. The story goes back and forth discussing Eddie’s birthdays over the years and his encounter with people he meets in heaven. The version represented here is only a guess, a wish, in some ways, that the author’s uncle and others like him- people who felt unimportant here on earth- realize, finally, how much they mattered and how they were loved. Each person Eddie meets gives a lesson to make him understand what happened in his life.Įveryone has an idea of heaven, as do most religions, and they should all be respected. It may seem strange to read a story with an ending. The five people you meet in heaven is a story about a man named Eddie which begins with the end of him dying in Ruby Pier. Genre: Fiction, Philosophical, InspirationalĪvailable format: Kindle, hardcover, paperback, audiobook Book title: The five people you meet in heaven