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A Modern Classic People have taken to comparing new books to past success. "My Fractured Life" (Rikki Lee Travolta) is this decade's "Catcher in the Rye" (JD Salinger) they say. "Secret Life of Bees" (Sue Monk Kidd) is this decade's "Color Purple" (Alice Walker), it can also be said. What of "The Five People We Meet in Heaven" (Mitch Albom)? What great literary wonder should be consider this to be the reincarnation of? In the game of comparisons, I think we have to give serious thought to the notion that "The Five People We Meet in Heaven" is our decade's "A Christmas Carol" (Charles Dickens) because it is a view of life after it is essentially over, a validation of what cannot be undone, and yet with an uplifting end. Whether you agree with the specific title of my comparison or not, I am confident you'll find "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" to be with "My Fractured Life" and "Secret Life of Bees" as one of our decade's classics.