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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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author guest on The Colbert Report April 23, 2008;
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Alex
Jul 14, 2025 rated it it was amazing
While I was working on something for my Nana, she came and presented the book to me. I was waiting for something to finish on her computer, so I decided to give it a try. I figured it was a near death experience type memoir, or some religious posturing, but.. no.

It was lovely.

Short, succinct, and yet.. moving. Albom doesn't waste a word in this story, and every chapter has a purpose. The prose doesn't meander, but it does let you linger in the waves of the story sometimes. Just to make sure tha
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