InthisenchantingsequeltothenumberonebestsellerTheFivePeopleYouMeetinHeaven,MitchAlbomtellsthestoryofEddie’sheavenlyreunionwithAnnie—thelittlegirlhesavedonearth—inanunforgettablenovelofhowourlivesandlossesintersect.
Fifteenyearsago,inMitchAlbom’sbelovednovel,TheFivePeopleYouMeetinHeaven,theworldfellinlovewithEddie,agrizzledwarveteran-turned-amusementparkmechanicwhodiedsavingthelifeofayounggirlnamedAnnie.Eddie’sjourneytoheaventaughthimthateverylifematters.Now,inthismagicalsequel,MitchAlbomrevealsAnnie’sstory.
TheaccidentthatkilledEddieleftanindeliblemarkonAnnie.Ittookherlefthand,whichneededtobesurgicallyreattached.Injured,scarred,andunabletorememberwhy,Annie’slifeisforeverchangedbyaguilt-ravagedmotherwhowhisksherawayfromtheworldsheknew.Bulliedbyherpeersandhauntedbysomethingshecannotrecall,Anniestrugglestofindacceptanceasshegrows.When,asayoungwoman,shereconnectswithPaulo,herchildhoodlove,shebelievesshehasfinallyfoundhappiness.
Asthenovelopens,AnnieismarryingPaulo.Butwhenherweddingnightdayendsinanunimaginableaccident,Anniefindsherselfonherownheavenlyjourney—andaninevitablereunionwithEddie,oneofthefivepeoplewhowillshowherhowherlifematteredinwaysshecouldnothavefathomed.
Poignantandbeautiful,filledwithunexpectedtwists,TheNextPersonYouMeetinHeavenremindsusthatnotonlydoeseverylifematter,butthateveryendingisalsoabeginning—weonlyneedtoopenoureyestoseeit.
