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Tuesdays With Morrie

An Old Man, a Young Man, and Lifes Greatest Lesson

by Mitch Albom

Summary

In TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, sportswriter and best-selling author Mitch Albom chronicles his weekly conversations with his former college professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, in the months before the Brandeis University sociologist succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Their Tuesday conversations ranged widely over basic human concerns-love, money, commitment, spirit, how people spend their days thinking and doing, and what really matters in the world. In what the publisher is calling "spirituality literature for grown-ups," the author recounts his mentor's final, lasting gift: the wisdom to see his own life as something different than the accretion of fame, money, and success.

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"Every page of this beautiful moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love."    -- Harold S. Kushner

"A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul."

   -- Los Angeles Times

"Despite the obvious charm and good nature of both author and subject, in the end, the exhortations fall flat."    -- Alain De Botton

   -- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Doubleday
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds

Publisher's Notes

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. Wouldnt 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 mans 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.

Other Editions

• Hardcover - Bantam Dell Pub Group (1997) - from $1.00
• Paperback Reprint - Bantam Dell Pub Group (2002) - from $1.00

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