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

Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast readership...this slim tale, like Charles Dickens's A CHRISTMAS CAROL, reminds us of what really matters here of earth, of what our lives are given to us for. - Publishers Weekly

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, author of Angela's Ashes