5 people you meet in Heaven

5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom.

I had heard a lot about this book when it came around and there was a movie also made on this (Ain't Hollywood quick on making movies, killing desire to read?). I was quite reluctant to read it as I am not too much into fiction these days and I thought it would be preachy.
I bought this book in library book sale for real cheap, I buy books from the sale on the spur for a chance at reading them. This one got the chance as it is pretty thin book ( there are a lot of unread books on my bookshelf, their volume is too daunting) and I finished it real fast. I began reading book on low expectation and quickly developed interest as I read along. The story is pretty simple, but it is made interesting by the suspense created by how the story enfolds and when the facts are presented. And along with the story, there are some beautiful thoughts about life-about sacrifice, love, forgiveness, emotions.

Since this was a used book, the book came to me with thoughtful lines already marked! Here is a beautiful prose from it about love and that it is forever:

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form. You cant see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Life has to end, love doesn't.

The take home message of this book is: life that anyone lives is not unimportant. Each human is part of a whole, and gives something to that whole through his/her life. A very effective book.