The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a maintenance man named Eddie. In a heroic attempt to save a little girl from a falling amusement park ride, Eddie is killed and sent to heaven where he encounters five people who significantly impacted him while he was alive. The Five People You Meet in Heaven was published in 2003 by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks.
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