Mitch Albom’s “the next person you meet in heaven” is a sequel to his number one bestseller, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”. In the original book he introduced Eddie, a war veteran and amusement park mechanic, who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie went on to Heaven and met 5 people and learned that every life matters.
In this book Annie is grown up and is marrying Paulo, her childhood boyfriend. But when her wedding is over, on the following day, she and Paulo go up in a hot air balloon ride and have a terrible accident. Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey where she meets Eddie, one of the five people she will meet. She also sees episodes from her own left that left her depressed and sad, but she was able to see the lessons she learned from them.
What is surprising about this book is that it is so much like the first book that you start out not expecting to like it. It is just a simple book and a simple story, but Mitch Albom has now sold over 36 million books and is approach works.
