A Review of the Book "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom

Title: The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Author: Mitch Albom

Publisher; HarperCollins Publishers

Year: 2018

210 pages

From the Back: The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember what happened, Annie is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew.

    Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. She feels everything she does is a mistake. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness.

    But, as the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo, and her wedding night ends in an unimaginable tragedy. Annie is whisked into her own heavenly journey - and into an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of five people who will show her how her earthly life touched others in ways she could not have fathomed.

Personal Thoughts: I really love Mitch Albom's writing. His stories are very easy to read and are so relatable. In this particular book, Albom uses Annie's story to help the reader consider what it might be like to exist in the moment between life and death. How do you think it will feel? Who do you think you would meet? Albom is very gentle in his writing, pulling at your heart-strings with every word. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven is the sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven. You don't need to read them in any order, but I do recommend them both.