num_pages: 4
description: Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"
language: English
title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
titlecomplete: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
characters: Marguerite, Ruby, Steve Rogers, Tala, Blue Man, Eddie
genres: Fiction, Inspirational, Philosophy, Spirituality, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 696580
places: The United States of America
series: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Hyperion