The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

超暢銷小說《在天堂遇見的五個人》動人續作！

 

　　十五年前，遊樂園工人艾迪的故事感動無數讀者；十五年後，艾迪在天堂和當年拯救的女孩安妮重逢——再一次，米奇‧艾爾邦（Mitch Albom）帶來關於生命意義、關於失去溫柔故事。

 

　 　《在天堂遇見的五個人》中，軍人艾迪自退伍後就在家鄉的遊樂園擔任維修工人，日復一日重復每天的工作，感到自己的人生毫無意義可言，直到他在一次意外中 為了拯救小女孩安妮而犧牲了自己的生命。來到天堂後，他遇見曾經出現在生命裡的五個人，而他們讓艾迪明白每個生命都有其重量，每個人的人生都以某種方式影 響著他人，並相互交織著。

 

　　而那個活下來的小女孩呢？

 

　 　當年奪走艾迪生命的意外事件在安妮心中留下不可磨滅的印痕。她的左手因此必須接受接合手術，而受傷的不只身體，她的生命也因此永遠改變了：她必須面對備 受罪惡感折磨的母親、同儕的霸凌，以及心頭揮之不去的陰影。安妮在成長過程中掙扎著尋找接受與認同，直到她與小時候的青梅竹馬保羅重逢，她相信她終於找到 了快樂。

 

　　因為在結婚當晚發生的意外，安妮開始她在天堂的旅程。不可避免的，她遇見了艾迪——她將遇見的五個人之一——而他們也將讓她發現，自己的人生遠比她所想像的還重要。

 

　　The Next Person You Meet in Heaven 是個既深刻又優美的故事，充滿意想不到的轉折；不僅再次提醒了我們每個生命都有其意義，而只要我們用心觀看，也會發現，每個結束都是另一個開始。（文 / 博客來編譯）

 

　　Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story.

 

　　The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie’s life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness.

 

　　As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey - and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed.

 

　　Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning - we only need to open our eyes to see it.

 

　　Albom has done it again... Five People is a powerful book, powerful enough to make one’s inner snob feel a little uncomfortable...Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew. If there is a heaven, he can expect to have around 5.7 million people waiting for him there — TIME on The Five People You Meet in Heaven

 

　　Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast readership . . . like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, it reminds us of what really matters here of earth, of what our lives are given to us for — Publishers Weekly on The Five People You Meet in Heaven

 

　　Mitch Albom lifts us to a new level ... You’ll find here echoes of the classics - The Odyssey for one - and that puts Albom’s book in the best of company — Frank McCourt on The Five People You Meet in Heaven

 

　　Albom has done it again... FIVE PEOPLE is a powerful book, powerful enough to make one’s inner snob feel a little uncomfortable...Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew. If there is a heaven, he can expect to have around 5.7 million people waiting for him there — TIME

 

　　[Eddie] learns not only about his life but also about what his time on earth meant. It is simple, unaffected and written with great feeling — PUBLISHING NEWS