Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The blockbuster book that is one of the top-selling memoirs of all time and is the basis for the Emmy Award-winning film and stage adaptations that have been produced continuously worldwide since 2002 - An unforgettable story of friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief

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

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

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.

Author: Mitch Albom
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 08/18/1997
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.44h x 5.28w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780385484510

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35585 / Tuesdays with Morrie


Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/1997 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 06/30/1997 pg. 60
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/1997 pg. 993
New York Times 11/23/1997 pg. 20
Library Journal 05/15/1997
Newsweek 03/16/2009 pg. 56

About the Author
Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press, and has been voted America's No. 1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Albom, a former professional musician, hosts a daily radio show on WJR in Detroit and appears regularly on ESPN's "The Sports Reporters." He is the author of Bo and Fab Five, both national bestsellers, and has also published four collections of his columns. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.