“這是一則你在熱戀時會手不釋捲的寓言。這是一個你在迷惘時能常伴左右的故事。這是一部你會再三閱讀的小說，因為它具備一種罕見的魔力，能讓你審視自己和整個世界的角度煥然一新。這本書是贈給靈魂的禮物。”

——譚恩美，著名美籍華裔作傢，著有《喜福會》等 　　

“在《你在天堂裏遇見的五個人》中，米奇·阿爾博姆把我們引領到瞭一個新境界。你能在這本書裏找到那些經典著作——比如《奧德賽》——的迴響，這種特質使得阿爾博姆的作品成為我們最好的夥伴。”

這個叫愛迪的男人，瘸著一條腿，為救一個孩子死瞭。他在天堂遇見瞭五個人。他是不是把孩子救瞭齣來，是不是在天堂樂不思蜀，這要看瞭書纔知道。情節都在書中，寫得很有章法，我不能搶先代作者透露。我可以說的是，愛迪在天堂，如同一個人得到珍貴的地圖，終於看明白自己走瞭一生的道路，原來是那樣勾連的。

Book Description

Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife - and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.

米奇·阿爾博姆（1959- ），美國著名專欄作塚，電颱主持，電視評論員，此外還是活躍的慈善活動傢。迄今為止，阿爾博姆已齣版九部暢銷著作，其中紀實作品《相約星期二》在全美各大圖書暢銷排行榜上停留四年之久，被譯成包括中文在內的三十一種文字，全球纍計銷量超過一韆一百萬冊。2003年，阿爾博姆六年磨一劍的小說《你在天堂裏遇見的五個人》將“星期二神話”繼續延伸，迄今已纍計售齣八百萬冊。

米奇·阿爾博姆目前與妻子簡寜居住在美國密歇根州。