The Next Person You Meet in Heaven(40)

On the home front, many thanks to Kerri Alexander, who keeps my life straight, and Marc “Rosey” Rosenthal, who keeps that life from falling apart; to Vince, Frank; to Antonella Iannarino, our amazing web guru; and to Mendel, who is still a bum.

There would be no Five People concept without my Uncle Eddie—the real Eddie—who told me my first story of the afterlife. And when the fictional Eddie says it wouldn’t be heaven without his wife, that was me talking about Janine, who inspires me every day; to my family members who gave this book its early reads; and to my mother and father, who taught me how to tell stories and who have, since my last book, joined each other in heaven, where they no doubt are spending every minute together, as they tried to do on earth.

Finally, my deepest thanks to my readers, who continue to surprise me, inspire me, motivate me, and bless me. For now, heaven may be a prayer and a guess. But I know, thanks to you, I have experienced some of it already.





About the Author


MITCH ALBOM is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. He has written six consecutive number one New York Times bestsellers, including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time. He has also penned award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Albom’s books have collectively sold more than thirty-six million copies in forty-two languages. He founded and oversees S.A.Y. Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, and created a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit’s neediest citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.





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