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All ending are beginnings The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a great read about life, fate, following predetermined paths, the mystery of people and the role they play in your life and the difficulty of breaking free from inherited responsibility. The main character, Eddie, is portrayed as a disgruntled old man who lost his one and only love years ago and finds himself trapped in a meaningless life. The book gives a glimpse of Eddie's youthful life filled with optimism and adventure. He so longed to break free and set a new course for his life that he joined the army only to find himself back to the seaside amusement park that he hoped to escape from. Eddie's circumstances in life effectively change him from an optimistic youth to an embittered old man. The majority of the novel takes place after Eddie passes away due to a fatal accident while he was trying to save a little girl's life. At the end of his life Eddie feels two little hands in his and then he awakens in the afterlife. The intrigue continues as we are introduced to five people who, unbeknownst to Eddie, were responsible for changing his path in life. Each of the five people Eddie met help him answer outstanding questions about his destiny, his father and illuminate the mysteries of Eddie's life on earth. Still none of them provide Eddie with the answer to the question he is most anxious about, namely was he successful in saving the little girl's life? The novel concludes with a message to us all. Your life does make a difference. The book is both inspirational and uplifting and proves that the persons we love and learn the most from stay with us forever and that the connections we make transcend all barriers.