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We know that Mitch Albom is the author of Tuesday with Morrie and other bestsellers. We probably also know that he is an award-winning American sportswriter (only because it was mentioned in his books).
But is that all to Mitch Albom?
| Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an sportswriter, novelist, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, syndicated radio host, and TV commentator. Before becoming a journalist, Albom was briefly an amateur boxer, nightclub singer, and pianist. |
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At the moment, Mitchell Albom is the author of nine books: two novels, one memoir, two sports-oriented non-fiction bestsellers and four collections of his newspaper columns.
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"Tuesdays With Morrie," (1997) is a true story about his chronicle of time spent with a beloved but dying college professor, spent four years on the New York Times bestsellers list and is now the most successful memoir ever published. |
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His first novel, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", (2003) is the most successful U.S. hardback, which has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Both books were eventually turned into celebrated TV films. |
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His work includes the newest, “For One More Day?, published September 2006. |
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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. Tuesday with Morrie chronicle the lessons about life that Mitch learns from his professor, who is dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Quote:
"The most important thing in life is to learn
how to give out love, and to let it come in."
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom is known to be a very establishing writer who writes about life and death, love and be loved and the meaning of life.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is about a man named Eddie who was the maintenance man at the amusement park nearby, called Ruby Pier. Eddie had desired to study engineering in life, however, he was never able to leave the pier. He continued to work there despite his wishes.
On his 83rd birthday, he was cleaning the rides, and a broken cart was falling towards a young girl and himself. As he was trying to save this little girl, he died. Throughout the story, Eddie looks down on the afterlife and meets five people. These five people were in Eddie's life and had an impact on it. He also continues to ask whether or not he saved the little girl.
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“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.?
For One More Day
His most recent book, For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?
 What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.
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“You can find something truly important in a minute.?
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Available in The Aroozoo Library:
Tuesdays With Morrie
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
For One More Day
Morrie: In His Own Words
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.albom.com
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Mitch_Albom
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/morrie/
http://www.foronemoreday.com
http://www.powells.com/biblio/1401303277
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