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- Sphere
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- Little, Brown Audio
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Religious & spiritual fiction
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Sphere
- Paperback Feb 1, 2005 | 9780751536829 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jul 18, 2023 | 9781408725399 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 11, 2009 | 9780748112630 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 6, 2006 | 9781405502061 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Sphere
- Paperback Feb 1, 2005 | 9780751536829 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jul 18, 2023 | 9781408725399 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 11, 2009 | 9780748112630 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 6, 2006 | 9781405502061 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Sphere
- Paperback Feb 1, 2005 | 9780751536829 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jul 18, 2023 | 9781408725399 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 11, 2009 | 9780748112630 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 6, 2006 | 9781405502061 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Feb 1, 2005 | 9780751536829 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jul 18, 2023 | 9781408725399 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 11, 2009 | 9780748112630 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 6, 2006 | 9781405502061 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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.
From the author of the phenomenal number one bestseller TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, comes this enchanting, beautifully written novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. Then he dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who were in it. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.
As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life. Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer is as magical and inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.
Praise for The Five People You Meet In Heaven
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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
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[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
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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
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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
Mitch Albom
Author, screenwriter, philanthropist, journalist and broadcaster Mitch Albom is an inspiration around the world. Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers - including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022. He has also written award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. He appeared for more than 20 years on ESPN, and was a fixture on The Sports Reporters. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and was the recipient of the Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement.
Following his bestselling memoir, Finding Chika, and Human Touch, a weekly serial written and published online which raised nearly $1 million for pandemic relief, he returned to fiction with The Stranger in the Lifeboat, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List after being #1 on Amazon. His much-anticipated new novel, set during the Holocaust, is coming in the fall of 2023.
Albom now spends the majority of his time in philanthropic work. Since 2006, he has operated nine charitable programs in southeast Michigan under his SAY Detroit umbrella, including the nation's first medical clinic for homeless children. He also created a dessert shop and popcorn line to fund programs for Detroit's most underserved citizens. Since 2010, Albom has operated the Have Faith Haiti orphanage in Port au Prince, a home to 60 children, which he visits every month without exception.
Albom also works as a columnist and broadcaster and has founded nine charities in Detroit and operates an orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.
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