Title: "the five people you meet in heaven"*
Author: Mitch Albom
Type: Fiction
Pages: 196
Copyright Date: 2003
Synopsis:
The book starts off with the death of Eddie. Eddie was an average man. He was the Head Maintenance Engineer at an amusement park, Ruby Pier. He dies in a semi-heroic attempt to save a little girl, as an amusement ride plummets hundreds of feet down to where the girl is standing. Eddie, who has a bad knee wounded from the Vietnam War, makes a last ditch effort to save the girl. The last thing Eddie feels is a pair of hands. He awakens to see himself back at same locatio…