Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Written by Mitch Albom.
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It’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle, irrevocable impact of their Tuesday sessions all those years ago. . ._____
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?
Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.
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Tolk thinks this book is Excellent.
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. [...] [Mitch Albom] rediscovered [his mentor] Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuestday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live."
In every one of Albom's words that he uses to describe these last months you can feel just how much this teacher has given him, how much this teacher meant to him. The phrase 'A true story!' just sound so wrong, so catchy, but there was a constant feeling that this story was true. It was not only true, is told in such a true, sincere and honest way that you feel like you are there with them. Going through the process of realizing death, of saying good-bye and thank you. Both, teacher and student, knew how much they meant to each other. Do the people that influenced you, that mentored you, know? After I read this book I wrote a letter to my former mentor. And it turned out that it came at a good time because he was not feeling well at all... Thank you Mitch and thank you Morrie.
Mitch Albom has been voted America's No. 1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He hosts a daily radio show on WJR in Detroit and appears on ESPN regularly. Albom, a former professional musician, lives in Michigan.