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The Five People You Meet In Heaven (精装)
by Mitch Albom
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Fiction, Bestsellers, Original books |
| Market price: ¥ 218.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A captivating, heartfelt and beautiful read that will bring you genuine wisdom as it opens your heart. A small book with a big message - A profound message brings you the true meaning of life, and "why" certain people are in our lives. |
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Erin Esposito (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
Simply said, this is a novel written around the theme of "everything happens for a reason."
Each person we meet in our lives, each course of action we are involved with, each path we embark on in our journey of life happens for a reason. We are destined to do certain things, meet certain people, and experience certain challenges, from the day we are born. This book is a classical example of this notion at its best.
Mitch Albom has a gift - the gift of putting in writing, the most basic, yet most crucial, lessons of life which each of us will experience to one degree or another. Just as Albom inspired us with "Tuesdays with Morrie," he has continued to do so with "The five people you meet in heaven."
A good read... a good reminder of our purpose here on earth. |
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Leah Durst (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I am a huge reader and this is one of my favorite books ever. I read it in one sitting. It makes you think about lives intersecting and how each story affects the other and the other affects the next. Basically, the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one. It makes you also think about death and how it doesn't just take someone; it misses someone else, and in that small distance, lives are changed. We think such things are random, but there is a balance to it. There is an excellent page of writing on what the character learned in the war. You should buy the book for that reason only. Great quote from the book: We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
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Michele Cozzens (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
This is a lovely little book. Take it seriously or don't, but just enjoy the original and thought provoking story. Readable in a few hours, the author doesn't ask you to invest a lot in his tale of Eddie, the ride maintenance man at an amusement park called Ruby Pier, and the five people and ensuing five lessons he learns upon his accidental and heroic death.
With "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," Mitch Albom attempts to tackle the oft-mused subject of what happens to us after we die. I, for one, appreciate it when creative people-writers-spin their yarns and offer their own, unique versions of heaven. Who, after all, hasn't thought about "life" after death? There are probably as many versions as there are people who attempt to create them. And Albom's presentation is an exercise in simple language and has a very pleasant voice.
Not at all morbid, or even overly emotional, this tale made me feel good about my life and my loved ones. My recommendation is to read it, enjoy it, and pass it on. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
Let me start out by saying that this book touched me in a very personal way: my husband of thirty-three years, Rube, died last summer. And guess what? He had put in 15 years of service as a maintenance man at Chuck E. Cheese's. So you can see the similarities. Some think heaven's a big golf course in the sky, others a beautiful place where you can eat as much pie as you like and if you're lucky get to shake the Big Guy's hand, that is the Lord himself. But for my money Albom's heaven was one of the best, with a real good balance of spirituality to amenities. It made me glad that I am a Christian for all of the rewards I can look forward to in the afterlife. My only problem with the book was that one of the five was Eddie's mistress - I have a real problem with infidelity and know I would be very upset if Rube were up there having it off with someone he stepped out on me with.
But still, Bravo to you Mr. Albom for your beautiful book. I hope next maybe you will write something about dogs - my cocker spaniel, cheddar, is getting a bit long in the tooth and I'm not sure how I'll handle it when he goes. It be nice if now that Mr. Albom's helped us to deal with the loss of a loved one, he could help us with our pets. |
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Dwight Ranney (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
It doesn't matter how much you make, what you do for a living, or how well known you are; your life has just as much meaning as any other. Mitch Albom allows readers of his "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" to realize this and understand that every life has a purpose. Albom's book takes the reader on a heartfelt journey through the life of an amusement park maintenance man named Eddie who, on his 83rd birthday, gives his life to save a little girl from a falling Freddy's Free Fall cart. He then takes a journey of his own, through heaven, where he meets five people who either had a significance to his life or he had one to theirs. Eddie's five people all explain their connections to him on earth and enable Eddie to shed light on many mysteries of his life. He learns that his life on earth had purpose and wasn't as meaningless as he had once thought. This book compels readers to think back on their own life and try to discover whose lives they've impacted and what importance their life has. "No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone." I would recommend this book to people of all ages. |
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