『다 괜찮아요, 천국이 말했다』는 죽음 이후에 만나게 될 세상에 대한 선입견을 뒤흔드는, 놀랍도록 독창적인 이야기입니다. 마치 한 편의 동화처럼, 소박하지만 심오한 지혜를 담은 이 따스한 소설은 어둡지도 무섭지도 않은 사후의 세계, 중죄인도 성인도 아닌 보통 사람의 천국이 어떤 모습일지, 세밀한 상상으로 설득력 있게 우리 눈앞에 펼쳐 보입니다. 영적인 지혜를 전해주는 책에 수여하는 윌버상 수상작인 『다 괜찮아요, 천국이 말했다』는 죽음이 끝이 아니라 새로운 이야기의 시작임을 가르쳐줍니다. 미치 앨봄의 안내를 따라 처음 만나는 천국을 여행하고 나면 죽음은 상냥한 얼굴로 우리 곁에 다가온답니다. 천국 여행자의 시선으로 보면 나날의 고민과 아픔, 외로움과 슬픔이 한층 가벼워지지요. 삶의 의미는 지금 이 순간에도 여기 지상에서 싹을 틔우고 있다는 걸 마음으로 이해하게 되니까요.

In this enchanting sequel to the #1 bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie’s heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.

In Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran-turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Albom reveals Annie’s story.

The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie’s life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness.

As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey—and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed.

Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning—we only need to open our eyes to see it.