The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
• Published by: Andrews McMeel Publishing September 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0740760823
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0740760822
• Book Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 5.6 ounces

Product Description
Al Mitchell is middle-aged, divorced, childless, balding, unemployed, stoop-shouldered, and dead¿but these are the least of his problems. When Mitchell dies in a chaotic merry-go-round wreck, he goes to Heaven hoping to discover the meaning of his sad-sack life by meeting the five most influential people he's known. But too terrible they're busy meeting with more important people! In their place, Al meets his grade school lunch lady, family plumber, and a hairdresser who turned down all of his romantic advances. So much for peace in the afterlife!

Intent to make amends, Heaven's powers-that-be allow Mitchell to return to Earth (with help from a bumbling angel named Adrian) to achieve a goal even better than enlightenment. He gets to exact revenge on the five jerks who made his life so miserable!

Ray Zardetto's The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth hilariously¿but respectfully¿parodies Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It turns the premise of that inspiring best-seller on its head¿and it speaks to the avenging loser in all of us!



About The Author
Ray Zardetto has been a professional writer for twenty years as a sportswriter, copywriter, advertising manager, and public relations executive. He lives in Flemington, N.J.



Reader Reviews
Ray Zardetto's parody of Mitch Albom's beautuiful book is a clever romp through what life must be like growing up on the Jersey shore and working at one of the famed Ma Bell spinoffs. It is well conceived and witty in places, though much of the humor is slapstick. What really shines in the book is his character development; all of his 'jerks' seem real, especially his ex-boss, a clueless New Jersey technology executive. While the book is nowhere near as inspirational or thought provoking as Albom's book, it is entertaining, and the plot twist at the end will have readers (especially men) reevaluating some of their relationships. Definitely worth a read.