Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author
“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 his college professor Morrie Schwartz.
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. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn 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.
“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 his college professor Morrie Schwartz.
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. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn 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.
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I grew up on Mitch Albom, and this may be the last book of his I ever pick up. It's not bad per se, but Albom writes bestsellers with the most obvious of axioms, which feels hypocritical and like he's taking advantage of the emotional shallowness of the general masses. Tuesdays with Morrie was his first bestseller, and it's clear in the psychology of how he tells the story of a man who understands what Mitch never quite gets: writing about living life still doesn't make for a life well-lived. I very much doubt that Albom took these concepts to heart, because ever since then, he's recycled Morrie's message again and again with his subsequent books (of which I've read The Timekeeper and The Five People You Meet in Heaven).
After growing up a bit and revisiting Albom's work, I now recognize how problematic the narrative is of a gracefully dying person. It's an overused trope, that it's an inspiration for someone with a disability or terminal illness to face death and pain with bravery. But this only serves to tell a singular story about disabilities and illnesses. There is no right or wrong way to die or to be ill or disabled. But stories like these are discouraging for people who are dying or live with disabilities, as if they have to be graceful and kind and need to have done a lot with their lives. Able-bodied, neurotypical, and generally well people develop high expectations from these stories.
That said, it wasn't a terrible book. It was well-written and an easy read, but if you really want to understand human empathy and living a full life, there are much better books out there.
After growing up a bit and revisiting Albom's work, I now recognize how problematic the narrative is of a gracefully dying person. It's an overused trope, that it's an inspiration for someone with a disability or terminal illness to face death and pain with bravery. But this only serves to tell a singular story about disabilities and illnesses. There is no right or wrong way to die or to be ill or disabled. But stories like these are discouraging for people who are dying or live with disabilities, as if they have to be graceful and kind and need to have done a lot with their lives. Able-bodied, neurotypical, and generally well people develop high expectations from these stories.
That said, it wasn't a terrible book. It was well-written and an easy read, but if you really want to understand human empathy and living a full life, there are much better books out there.
This book is exactly what it says on the front. It's about Tuesday people, an old man, a young man and life's greatest lessons. It was a slow read for me because you already know the ending. It was full of tons of life lessons and many made me tear up. It was beautiful.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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