This is a preview of Mitch Albom's novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, showing excerpts focusing on the protagonist Eddie's life and death at Ruby Pier amusement park. The text reveals Eddie's final moments, interspersed with flashbacks illustrating key events and relationships shaping his life. These flashbacks explore his childhood, time at war, and his complex relationship with his father. The selected passages also introduce some of the five people Eddie encounters in heaven, each offering lessons about his past. Finally, the excerpt ends with details of Eddie's death and the aftermath at the pier.
