FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN

'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 'This book is a gift to the soul' Amy Tan, author of THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER