The first book we have ordered to read is The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. Here is their review:
“Once in a great while, the world is given a literary gift with profound transformative powers-a work of beauty and emotion that resonates in the hearts and souls of all who read it. Remarkably, Mitch Albom accomplished this with his debut book Tuesdays With Morrie, and the new author was also transformed-into a publishing phenomenon. Now, Albom does it again, following his runaway bestseller about life's greatest lessons, with a magical, poignant novel of a seemingly ordinary man, who discovers the extraordinariness of his life-in heaven.We have our first discussion this weekend.
At 83-years-old, Eddie believes he has lived an uninspired life. A widower, maintenance man at a seaside amusement park, and wounded war veteran, each new day seems a joyless repetition of the last. But when he is killed attempting to save a little girl from a falling cart on a ride, he discovers heaven is not the destination he imagined. Instead, he finds a place where the defining moments of his life are pieced together through encounters with five people-each of whom share with him a fateful and significant connection.”