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

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

By: Mitch Albom  

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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.

Description:
This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to look those people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe even resume the mentorship? Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kind professor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie's final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Kudos to author and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling this universally touching story with such grace and humility. --Gail Hudson

Publisher: Doubleday

Release Date: 1997-08-18

Customer Review: 3 out of 5
Good, Not Great - I had heard so much about this book and it continued to be on that "must read" someday when I have available time. So I finally got around to it. I am glad I read it. I find that I like Mitch Albom's style of writing (I also just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I find him to be clear, concise and not overly descriptive -- I can not tolerate authors who need many pages to describe the color of the autumn leaves!

Yet, maybe because of the hype, I expected more. For some reason, although I appreciate the soundness of Morrie's philosophies, I felt they weren't presented in an inspirational, life changing style. Overall, it left me somewhat flat. (And for me, that is quite unusual.)

However I am thrilled that it's another off of my to be read list.

Barbara Kent, author Success in the Words of the Masters

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
The best thing about this book is: "We don't see what we could be." - The author of this book does a nice job of realying what the dying professor wants people in our country to hear before he passes on. For me the best message Professor Schwartz delivers is in these words that are so applicable to the problems our country is facing and our leaders just don't get it: He said, "We don't see what we could be." The prof goes on to relay the message that we are lacking compassion for one another and he got that right, didn't he? Norman Jones, Ed. D. author of Main St. vs. Wall St.:Wake-up Calls for America's Leaders

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A must read!! - I read this book after reading five people you meet in heaven for school going into the book I had a positive attitude. Since I read five people it was very meaningful and had a clear message that it was trying to send and I knew tuesday's with morrie would be the same as well. I have not been a very avid reader in recent years, but with this book it put me on track to start another book as well as another Albom book. This is a great author, he needs to write more because I would read and very quickly. The text is very easy to go through if determined two or three of his books could be read within a day or two.

Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Sad, Weighty, Profound - An Intriguing Examination of Life's Philosophical Questions - Facing certain death in a predetermined amount of time likely produces some of the most meaningful reflections of one's life. I suspect anyone at facing this would have a far more grounded viewpoint on the significance of material and philosophical aspects. In Tuesdays with Morrie, we are privy to conversations with Morrie Schwartz, a Brandeis University professor who died of Lou Gehrig's disease, and one of his affected students named Mitch Albom.

Each chapter represents a conversation Morrie had with Mitch trying to provide some lasting guidance and perspective about life. What makes this book especially profound is that Morrie is not just an ordinary person forced to reflect on his life, he in fact had spent a lifetime studying human expression. The bulk of the book will give any reader pause, a point of relativity that enables one to consider for a moment what is truly is important.

This book is short, sad, weighty, and most importantly profoundly valuable; one I'd recommend to anyone with an interest in examining life's philosophical questions.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
tuesdays with morrie - WOW!! WHAT A BOOK!! WHAT THIS MAN TEACHES ABOUT LIFE
IS AMAZING! OPENED MY EYES TO SO MUCH AROUND ME.
THE TEACHER ANF STUDENT REALTIONSHIP IS ONE OF RESPECT AND LOVE
AND APPRECIATION FOR ONES LIVES.
SO MANY DETAILS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EACH DAY. ITS A WONDERFUL READ AND VERY INSPIRATIONAL. I RECCOMEND THIS BOOK HIGHLY AND ALL MITCH ALBOMS BOOK, GREAT AUTHOR!

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