Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson
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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.
Praise for Tuesdays with Morrie:
‘This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow’ Amy Tan
‘A moving tribute to embracing life’ Glasgow Herald
‘An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death’ Boston Globe
‘A beautifully written book of great clarity and wisdom that lovingly captures the simplicity beyond life’s complexities’ M Scott Peck
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Additional information
| Publisher | Sphere (27 Mar. 2017) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 224 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0751569577 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0751569575 |
| Dimensions | 12.4 x 1.4 x 19.6 cm |
by LindaMM
The brevity and simplicity in truth made this both deeply sad and hopeful. Please read this with an open heart and an open mind..
by angela
I did not particularly enjoy this book but managed to finish it although I knew that it would end in a death. I think it may have been based on fact and that most of us should read something like it in order to come to terms with the inevitable death of a loved person. However, if that death were recent, I am sure it would make most people very sad.
by Redbird1
I really enjoyed this book. I felt there was a lesson to be learned.
Excellent, Recommended.
by Natasha
So insightful. We really do focus on the wrong things in our cultures. Life is beautiful and this book taught me that death can be beautiful and is not to be feared. By understanding that it isn’t to be feared we can fully begin to live.
by Chaz
No words can do this justice. An incredibly moving story. This author has a definite talent for writing. Well done
by MM Reviewer
“Love wins, love always wins.”
And what a lovely sentiment for a book with such a hard hitting and evocative theme of death, and in particular ‘dying’, but it is also a celebration of life.
A book that will touch you in the right way, will encourage you to think and reflect on life and death. Perhaps this may sound too upsetting to read – may be for some people at any time, for others at specific times but for most it will inspire, hearten, and evoke a range of emotions.
However, it is deep but not overly sentimental. It talks about death but also so much more to be grateful about in life, and a book that will prod you emotionally and to think about things that are important in us all.
The storyline – Morrie, a professor and perhaps a scholar has been diagnosed with a degenerative illness that, through, the course of the book sees him decline in health and movement until he resigns himself to a wheelchair. However, his wonderful mind never deteriorates. His wit is sharp, his advice sound and his love of life is something to celebrate.
He uses the last months of his life to share his experience of dealing with a terminal illness to help others, and particularly to one of his proteges, Mitch. In so doing, he provides such rich and poignant quotes for us to muse over, contemplate and embrace, such as…
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
Review and Comments – When I read the reviews on this, I had mixed feelings about reading. Was I going to feel this too dark and depressing? or was I going to relish in the opportunity to read a powerful story with such a stirring premise?.
The answer is – I was between the two camps whilst reading this novel. At times this was an incredibly compelling novel about someone dying and their reflection on what was important whilst on the other hand, I wanted a little more from the messages. That is until I finished and contemplated the book, the themes, the messaging, the teachings, and the man. It was from that I came to love this book which has indeed pitched everything perfectly.
The book was beautifully crafted to incorporate the balance of death versus life. Yet it wasn’t about death it was the importance and beauty of life. Simple, tender, delicate, humorous, even entertaining, optimistic, and extraordinary.
Some great quotes: “How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.”
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
by david canford
The pandemic has probably made most of us question our priorities and this book has a similar effect. A terminally ill professor gives his former student his perspective of how life should be lived. He offers some great advice about what is really important in life – love, compassion, forgiving others and yourself, appreciating the simple things and not subjugating life to the pursuit of ever more money. He says when you learn how to die you learn how to live. If somehow we, the human race, could learn how to live before that maybe our world would be a much better place. It is certainly thought provoking and worth reading.
by lindiloo
Thought provoking