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Summary: Delightful, heart warming story
Review: This quick read, about 2 hours, will delight the reader with a tale of life and after-death that fills the heart with joy and provides peace by reaffirming the soul when life seems an ill-spent monotony of wasted time, missed fortunes and what-ifs. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I am certain the reader will also. In the same club as "Balzak and the young chinese seamstress". Enjoy.
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Summary: poignant and beautiful
Review: an awe inspiring book that I desperately needed to read. So much has happened in my life. One of which was abuse. I have had the "why me" feeling for years.Recently I bought this book and Nightmares Echo. I think it was a higher power that talked me into getting The Five people you Meet in Heaven...I bought Nightmares Echo because I thought it would mirror my life. It did, it was everything I had hoped it would be. The Five people you Meet in Heaven...gave me hope. Gave me a reason to let go of the past. Read this book if you do nothing else
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Summary: Profound truths, and reminders, come alive through Eddie
Review: The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a treasure that will resonate with readers of all faiths. Reading the book from the perspective of an Orthodox Jew, I found the concepts it triumphs to be peferctly harmonious with my faith's teachings of humanity's interconnectedness, the monumental significance of our deeds -no matter how simple they might seem-, the far reaching ramifications of all our interactions, and that nothing happens by chance. (Judaism calls this phenomenon Divine Providence.) All these profound truths, and more, come alive through the life of Eddie, an elderly worker at the amusement park of Ruby Pier. We have much to learn from Eddie's life, to inculcate the lessons he learns from the "Five People" into our own.
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Summary: Fun and insightful.
Review: Mitch Albom once again focuses us on basic truths of life. He does it in a delightful way, telling a story of a man who thinks his life has been a waste and finds out there is much more to life than fulfilling grand goals. This book will move and delight the reader. It also will give one insights into how the normal everyday life we lead is packed with meaning.
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Summary: Thought-provoking, heart-warming
Review: This book is fairly short, and it is good enough that the reader probably will not put it down until the end. I finished it in a weekend. Nice to read something uplifting...edifying...reassuring. The theme of the book is that everything a person does on this earth in some way touches all people. If you personally subscribe to this theory, then the book is a must-have. The author has a low-key manner of character development. He unfolds a plot the way his young oriental child/character probably unfolded some object of origami: complexly, delicately, artistically. Most of all, though, I enjoyed this book because I am thoroughly romantic. The ending is a keeper. "Love, like rain...(drenches) couples with a soaking joy." Yes. Do get the book.
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Summary: Great Way to JumpStart Your New Year
Review: This time of year is the perfect time to look over the past 12 months and ask ourselves, did I do something that really count? Did I grow spiritually, spending time in reading and stimulating conversations, continuing to answer the questions that really matter? Did I share what I knew with others, to encourage and promote love and understanding? If your answer is one where you wish to do more, jumpstart your personal advancement this year by reading this book! The author captures the reader very well, and my excitement compelled me to finish this book within a few days. I live in the San Diego area, and would invite you to also read the books of three local authors, all of which I have heard at various speaking engagements, and were extremely impressed with, and subsequently bought their books. If you haven't read their books this past year, I would recommend them for your New Year, to help create a new, more powerful and intuitive New You in 2004:
- Deepak Chopra: The Spontaneous Fulfilment of Desire
- Jack Canfield/ Mark Hansen: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams (Not Local, but excellent, uplifting stories)
- Tiffany Snow: Psychic Gifts in the Christian Life - Tools to Connect
- Marie Jones: Looking for God in All the Wrong Places
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Summary: Wonderful Read...Couldn't Put It Down
Review: This was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I read it in a couple hours. I just couldn't put it down. Mitch Albom has done a wonderful job here. I highly recommend!!!
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Summary: Heaven is in the details!
Review: I no more know what Heaven may be like than the author. That said, from the fertile mind of Albom, if these pages hold what Heaven "could be", then bring it on! Masterful story telling. One of those books you hate to see end.
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Summary: Albom does it again
Review: No wonder Albom didn't want his own newspaper to run the review of this book. Once again he makes a strained appeal to the largest audience possible. It's bad enough to get his holier-than-thou column every Sunday [I thought he was a sports writer anyway] but to market it should be criminal.
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Summary: Wonderful book! A MUST read!
Review: I just loved this book! I couldn't put it down and highly recommend it to everyone and anyone. A MUST for anyone who enjoys a quick read with tons of meaning.
Read this book!!
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