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READING REPORT The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom [USA] G100812 何辛梓 Amy About the Author: Mitchel David Mitch Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have sold over 26 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for his sports writing in the earlier part of his career, he is perhaps best known now for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays and films. He is also well-known for his philanthropic work in Detroit, Michigan where he founded three charities. His Master Works: For One More Day The Story: The Five People You Meet in Heaven is the story of Eddie, a wounded war veteran who lives what he believes is an uninspired and lonely life fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie is killed while trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a location but a place in which your life is explained to you by five people who were in it who affected, or were affected by, your life. A really interesting beginning: The Five People You Meet in Heaven ? The End IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just dont know it at the time. “Each?of?us?was?in?your? life ?for?a?reason.?You?may?not? have?known?the?reason?at?the ?time,?and?that?is?what?heaven ?is?for.?For?understanding?your ?life?on?the?earth. ” The First people—Blue man “Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.” “There were no random acts in the life.” Then comes Eddies Captain at war, teaching us (Eddie and ME...) about SACRIFICE. “Sometimes you think you are losing something, you are just passing it on to someone else.” “Sometimes, the sacrifice is a part of life.” The