The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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| Author | Mitch Albom |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Time Warner Paperbacks |
| Released | 25 September 2003 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 228 pages (first edition, hardback) & 240 pages (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-72661-3 (first edition, hardback) & ISBN 0-7515-3682-2 (paperback edition) |
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a novel by Mitch Albom, published in 2003. A television movie of the same name was broadcast by ABC in 2004.
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[edit] Plot introduction
The book is about a man named Eddie who was the maintenance man at the amusement park nearby, called Ruby Pier. Eddie had desired to study engineering in life, however, he was never able to leave the pier. He continued to work there despite his wishes. On his 83rd birthday, he was cleaning the rides, and a broken cart was falling towards a young girl and himself. As he was trying to save this little girl, he died. Throughout the story, Eddie looks down on the afterlife and meets five people. These five people were in Eddie's life and had an impact on it. He also continues to ask whether or not he saved the little girl.
Eddie runs into "The Blue Man," a performer in the freak show during Eddie's boyhood, Captain, Eddie's commander during World War II, Ruby, the lady for whom the pier is named, Marguerite, Eddie's wife and Tala, a young girl who Eddie unintentionally killed in a fire during the war. Each of these people had their life impacted both in good and bad ways, and they, in turn, impacted Eddie's life. Eddie learns five lessons from them, forgives his father, who he'd always thought of as a coward and a drunkard, and is then welcomed into his heaven: the way Ruby Pier was when he met Marguerite, to wait for the girl he saved as one of her five people in heaven.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The television movie version was broadcast on December 5, 2004. It stars Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Imperioli, Jeff Daniels, and Dagmara Dominczyk. Due to the large success of the broadcast a DVD was distributed throughout the United States.
[edit] Allusions/references from other works
Two books were released under the title The Five People You Meet in Hell. One was a parody written by an author using the pen name Rich Pablum, and the other was an account of Hurricane Katrina. There is also a pornographic film by Hustler called The Five People You Meet In Porn.
A book by Brandon Gilvin and Heather Godsey titled Wisdom From The Five People You Meet In Heaven was released, as well as Steve Kellmeyer's Effective Habits of the Five People You Meet in Heaven.
[edit] External links
- Official book web site
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven at the Internet Movie Database
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven publication history at the Internet Book List
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