THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN- MITCH ALBOM

Eddie soul ascends from his lifeless body on Ruby Pier. his background continuously changes into multicolored paradise until he finds himself in endless white. Instantly, he feels rejuvenated: His body is virtually healed. He has returned to his physical, youthful peak. Overjoyed by his new found speed and strength, he finds a blue man. The blue man explains that Eddie recently died and that he is the first of five of Eddie's heavenly guardians who will teach him the morals of life. He begins by introducing himself as a man who was killed by Eddie. Baffled, Eddie is outraged by the stranger. He explains his story where he was a Polish immigrant who was naturally nervous and abused by his father. To cope with his nerves, he ingested silver nitrate that altered his skin into a blue pigmentation. Later in his life, he traveled to the United States where he was recruited into a freak circus at Ruby Pier. one day, on Eddie's 8th birthday, Eddie was playing baseball with his friends when his baseball fell on the street. Ignorant and inccent, Eddie carelessly chased after the ball, when the blue man was driving. The blue man nearly hit Eddie, but was able to manuvre himself away from the child. However, the incident caused him to lose control, crash and bleed to death. Stunned and guilty, Eddie demmands that he should "pay" for his sin. the blue man responds however by explaining that it was not his fault. He teaches eddie his first lesson: Everyone is connected.