Saturday, September 18, 2004

Is Heaven Real?

Yay!! I just finished the Mitch Albom book 5 People You Meet in Heaven. Having a day off or even a few hours make such a world of difference. Anyway, I started the book yesterday while I was get a pedicure. The korean guy that was working on me asked what the book was about. I told him it was about a guy who goes to heaven and has to meets 5 people (I had only read two pages at that point). His next question left me a little speechless. "Is it a real person?" No, alas, it is a work of fiction. He looked very disappointed. It was a good book (not earth shattering, but good) and a perfect size for my reading ability right now.

4 comments:

paulette said...

After seeing what the story is about in the 5 People You Meet in Heaven, I am sure I have seen this story on TV. I didn't remember it by the name tho. Did they make a movie of this?

Gretchen said...

I don;t think it has been a movie yet, the book is fairly new. The person who dies is a Carnival worker.

paulette said...

I remember the story as a maintenance guy at an amusement park and he dies trying to save a little girl. It was kind of like the accident was his fault because of lack of maintenance and the last person he meets is the little girl. I would think that maybe I read the book except that I can picture the people.

Adrienne said...

Thats the one, but I never knew it was out as a movie.