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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,...

Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife, Janine operate. Chika's arrival made a quick impression.

Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delighted the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could help with. Mitch and Janine took Chika to America,...

Ein spiritueller Pageturner!
»Ein Buch mit der einzigartigen Kraft von Rührung und Trost zugleich.« NEW YORK TIMES  
Annie und ihre Jugendliebe Paulo wollen ihre Hochzeitsreise mit einem romantischen Ballonflug krönen. Doch der Ballon stürzt ab...
Annie erwacht im Himmel wieder und sucht nach Paulo, von dem sie nicht weiß, ob er überlebt hat. Nacheinander trifft sie dort auf Menschen, die ihr seltsam bekannt und sogar vertraut vorkommen. Doch erst durch ihre Geschichten erfährt Annie, was für eine wichtige Rolle jeder einzelne von ihnen in ihrem Leben...

In Mitch Albom s epic new novel, the voice of Music narrates the tale of Frankie Presto, a Spanish war orphan raised by a blind music teacher. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat, with an old guitar and six magical strings.

But Frankie s talent is touched by the gods, and it weaves him through the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from classical to jazz to rock and roll. Along the way, Frankie translates for Django Reinhardt, backs up Elvis Presley, even counsels Hank Williams.

Yet his gift becomes his burden, as he learns his magic strings...