Fiction
Hyperion
September 23, 2003
208
Plot Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here" Personal Details Collection Status In Collection Index 10 Read It Yes Links Amazon US Product Details LoC Classification PS3601.L335F59 2003 Dewey 813/.6
WrensReads Review:
This book is very reflective and makes you wonder about the people you would meet in heaven if this book was the true way things happened.
Eddie dies trying to save a little girl’s life as a ride at the carnival/circus starts to malfunction. He doesn’t know through out the book if he saved her or not, nor am I going to tell you, and he asks continually if he did to the 5 people he meets in heaven.
This is a very interesting twist on what happens to you when you die. It’s a short little book and believe people should pick it up and read it.
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