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        The Five People You Meet in Heaven


        setting

        Ruby Pier Amusement Park; Heaven

        time

        20th century

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        2003

        page count

        208

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Eddie, Marguerite, Joseph Corvelzchik, The Blue Man

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)