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Alexa Roberts
Book Review
part of the amusement parks side show when Eddie was only 8 years old.
The second time travel takes him into battle where Eddie meets the
commanding officer of his World War II platoon, whom he called Captain. The
third person Eddie meets is in a scene outside of a diner filed with various
people from different eras and walks of life. He realizes he is seeing his
father but also realizes he is unable to communicate with him. He then
meets Ruby who it turns out the Pier is named after and she sheds light on
how Eddies father actually died. Eddies fourth person he meets in heaven is
actually his wife who died suddenly of a brain tumor at age 56. She is there
to teach him about the power of eternal love. The fifth and final person Eddie
meets on this incredible journey of afterlife is a young girl named Tala. She
turns out to be a child that Eddie saw in a burning tent in the Philippines
during the war. The significance of Eddie meeting these five very different
people all from different times of his life is what molds the very interesting
and twisting story line of this novel. It is a book that captures your attention
and makes you not want to put it down. I found this story very thought
provoking and interesting and would recommend it to many different types
of readers.