THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE such an astonishing book. The novel's protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. While each guide takes him through heaven, Eddie learns a little bit more about what his time on earth meant, what he was supposed to have learned, and what his true purpose on earth was. Throughout there are dramatic flashbacks where we see scenes from his troubled childhood, his years in the army in the Philippines jungle, and with his first and only...
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2014-09-25
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Jag lste boken fr ngra r sedan och minns att jag fastnade fr den. Den berrde mig. Idag har jag tyvrr inget djupare minne om handling och detaljer. Vrd att lsas och lsas om igen trots allt.
2012-02-05
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En mycket lttlst bok som handlar om i stort sett ingenting. Fem personer han mtt tidigare och om dets vg fr dem och honom. Kul bok, men tyvrr lmnar den inget djupare intryck. Den blir en i mngden.
2011-05-18
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Mysig fast lite snurrig historia om "efter-dden-upplevelse". Lttlst men inte riktigt berrande.
2010-05-03
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En bok som manar till eftertanke. En bok som "frklarar" livets underliga irrvgar. En fantastisk bok som jag rekommenderar varmt
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