Beautifully written first novel that addresses the meaning of life - and life after death - from the internationally bestselling author of the non-fiction TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE.
Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's No. 1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. A former professional musician, he hosts a daily radio show on WJR in Detroit.
Praise for Mitch Albom
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Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary
*Cecilia Ahern*
Powerful . . . Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he
never even knew
*Time*
Compelling and uplifting
*Independent*
A writer with soul
*Los Angeles Times*
Albom breaks hearts with his stories
*Mirror*
Albom has done it again... FIVE PEOPLE is a powerful book, powerful
enough to make one's inner snob feel a little uncomfortable...Albom
has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew. If
there is a heaven, he can expect to have around 5.7 million people
waiting for him there
*TIME*
[Eddie] learns not only about his life but also about what his time
on earth meant. It is simple, unaffected and written with great
feeling
*PUBLISHING NEWS*
Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a
contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast
readership . . . this slim tale, like Charles Dickens's A CHRISTMAS
CAROL, reminds us of what really matters here of earth, of what our
lives are given to us for
*PUBLISHERS WEEKLY*
Mitch Albom lifts us to a new level ... You'll find here echoes of
the classics - The Odyssey for one - and that puts Albom's book in
the best of company
*Frank McCourt, author of ANGELA'S ASHES*
Praise for Mitch Albom * - *
Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary -- Cecilia Ahern
Powerful . . . Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he
never even knew * Time *
Compelling and uplifting * Independent *
A writer with soul * Los Angeles Times *
Albom breaks hearts with his stories * Mirror *
Albom has done it again... FIVE PEOPLE is a powerful book, powerful
enough to make one's inner snob feel a little uncomfortable...Albom
has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew. If
there is a heaven, he can expect to have around 5.7 million people
waiting for him there * TIME *
[Eddie] learns not only about his life but also about what his time
on earth meant. It is simple, unaffected and written with great
feeling * PUBLISHING NEWS *
Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a
contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast
readership . . . this slim tale, like Charles Dickens's A CHRISTMAS
CAROL, reminds us of what really matters here of earth, of what our
lives are given to us for * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
Mitch Albom lifts us to a new level ... You'll find here echoes of
the classics - The Odyssey for one - and that puts Albom's book in
the best of company * Frank McCourt, author of ANGELA'S ASHES *
Sports columnist, radio talk-show host, and author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Albom has written a parable quite different from his best-selling memoir about his old professor but with the potential to follow it as a favorite of the book club circuit. At an oceanside amusement part, 83-year-old maintenance mechanic Eddie is killed while trying to save a little girl. Instead of floating through the cliched tunnel-and-light territory, Eddie meets five people whose lives intersected with his during his time on Earth. The novel comes down firmly on the side of those who feel that life matters, that what we do as individuals matters, and that in the end there will be a quiz. The touchy-feely phobic need not be afraid: this is not judgmental ax-grinding; nor does it favor any religion. Before you finish reading, you can't help thinking about your own life-Albom's whole point, of course. Morrie fans will want to read this first novel, and readers daring to examine their own lives may enjoy as well. For all public libraries.-Mary K. Bird-Guilliams, Wichita P.L., KS Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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