Book Review: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Published by Doubleday
Publication Date: 1997-8-18
Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Family Life, Inspirational, Nonfiction
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Source: Borrowed
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A short and easy read full of inspiration. A great book for a gift or one to buy and reread.

Synopsis from Goodreads:

“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, and 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. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying of ALS – or motor neurone disease – MItch visited Morrie 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.”

My Thoughts:

What an exceptional story that really makes you think about priorities in life. In case I am not the last person on the planet to read this book, it’s a story about well…Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie is a professor of sociology and learns he has a cruel terminal illness. The author, Mitch, was one of Morrie’s favorite students. When Morrie learns about his fate, he asks Mitch to write his “final thesis.” Mitch travels out of state to visit Morrie on Tuesdays and picks the important life questions to discuss with his amazingly simple and profound professor. What culminates are chapters on life, love, marriage, death and the finer, more important things in life.

I am a fan of the library, I don’t have a lot of space to store books but this will be one I buy anyway. There are so many wonderful lessons and memorable quotes, I think it’d be a great addition to our book collection. One I can share with family, friends and highly recommend to others. One I will reread when I need to de-stress from the juggling act of a full-time job, dealing with a chronic illness (not terminal, thank heavens), and motherhood. One that will stick with me when I need to gain perspective.

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