1. What Comes Next? We are all going to die someday.
However old we are, it will be too soon.
We have no idea what comes next.
Faith and knowledge are not the same thing.
Different people have different belief systems regarding a possible afterlife.
Heaven? Nirvana? Valhalla? Summerland? Reincarnation?

2. Mitch Albom American author, born in New Jersey in 1958.
Worked as a sportswriter and sports novelist.
Tried fiction with Tuesdays With Morrie.
Continued with For One More Day and Have a Little Faith.
Wrote The Five People You Meet in Heaven in 2003.

3. The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Albom’s novel about the afterlife.
The death story of Eddie the Ride Man on his 83rd birthday.
Eddie is a partially disabled WWII veteran and widower.
He dies trying to save a little girl.
The story is about his progression through the afterlife.

4. The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Cast of Characters
Eddie
Dominguez
The Blue Man
Amy (or Annie)
The captain
Ruby
Mickey Shea
Eddie’s parents
Willie
Nicky
Emile
Tala

5. The Five People You Meet In Heaven
The book is all about THEME
Blue Man: Everything happens for a reason.
The Captain: Sacrifices are a part of life.
Ruby: The importance of releasing anger and granting forgiveness.
Marguerite: The power of love, even after death.
Tala: There's always a purpose for life.