Tala reveals that she was the little girl from the hut that Eddie set on fire. A young Filipina girl named Tala comes up to him. They remember their wedding, and Marguerite teaches Eddie that love is never lost in death it just moves on and takes a different form.Įddie awakens to see children playing along with a riverbed. She tells Eddie that he needs to forgive his father.Įddie meets his late wife, Marguerite. Ruby shows Eddie the true cause of his father's death, which is different from what he had always believed. Ruby explains that Ruby Pier was named after her by her husband Emile, who built it in tribute to her. A well-dressed woman named Ruby appears and introduces herself to him. Eddie then learns how the Captain died: he stepped on a land mine that would have killed all the men had he not set it off.Įddie finds himself outside a diner, where he sees his father through a window. This saved Eddie's life despite leaving him with a lifelong severe limp. The Captain confesses that he shot Eddie in the leg to prevent Eddie from chasing the shadow into the fire. Their group burned the camp during their escape and Eddie, while running away, remembers seeing a shadow move in one of the huts. From this, Eddie learns his first lesson: there are no random events in life and all individuals and experiences are connected in some way.Įddie meets his former captain from the army, who reminds Eddie of their time together as prisoners of war in a forced labor camp in the Philippines. Eddie asks why the Blue Man is his first person, and he informs Eddie that, when Eddie was very young, he caused the car accident that killed him.
During the accident, he makes a desperate attempt to save a little girl's life.Įddie arrives in Heaven, where he meets "the Blue Man." The Blue Man explains that Eddie is about to journey through Heaven's five levels, meeting someone who has had a significant impact upon his life or someone on whom his life had a significant impact. On his 83rd birthday, amusement park ride mechanic Eddie is killed in an accident when a ride breaks down. It was published by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks.
It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie (inspired by Albom's uncle ) who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive. The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom.
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