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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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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A Detroit Free Press journalist and best-selling author recounts his weekly visits with a dying teacher who years before had set him straight.
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240 of 271 people found the following review helpful: Great book to remind you of what really matters in life, February 7, 2000 Reviewer: Levi Wallach (Vienna, VA USA) - See all my reviews    I read this book after hearing so many good things about it and the TV movie based on it. It's a very quick read - I finished it in two days, which is unheard of for me! The book is basically about Morrie Schwartz, a history professor at Brandeis University, who has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and is dying. A former student, Mitch Albom, who had become a fairly well known sports writer, heard about his teacher from an interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline and decided to pay a visit. This visit soon turned into regular meetings - on Tuesdays - since at the time there was a strike at Albom's newspaper. Albom plots Morrie's declining health, which is quite depressing, but at the same time imparts Morrie's wisdom. One definitely can get a sense of what the important things in life are from someone who has little left, but Morrie is particularly eloquent and seems to carry an upbeat dignity to the end. Sometimes it takes the wisdom of a dying man to jog us enough to realize that human relationships and health are more important than all the gadgets, modern conveniences, pressures to get ahead professionally and monetarily combined. This is just the main point that Morrie starts "teaching" Albom and getting through to someone who, like many of us from time to time, have gotten obsessed with the real trivialities of life. The only complaint I have about this book is that it wasn't longer. I wanted to take more time and savor the wisdom and sweetness of this old man, but, like his illness's swiftness, reading the book seemed to go by all too quickly.

50 of 62 people found the following review helpful: Morrie Is My Hero, August 5, 2004 Reviewer: prisrob "prisrob" (New EnglandUSA) - See all my reviews    People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are my heroes. I first read this book several years ago. I re-read it for a very personal reason. One of my jobs as a Nurse Care Manager is to coordinate our ALS Clinic. I am often asked for pertinent reading material, and I always recommend "Tuesdays with Morrie". Morrie Schwartz is the kind of man we would all want to know. A professor who loves to teach and to learn. A man who has his act together so to speak. A kind, loving man with an approach to life that we learn is very particular and precise for him. He has lived his life according to his own philosophy. Mitch Albom, the author first met Morrie years ago while a student at Brandeis College in Massachusetts, and Morrie became his mentor. They lost touch as people do. Mitch saw Morrie on "Nightline" discussing how to live with ALS. Mitch knew instantly that he needed to see his old mentor again. Mitch was at loose ends, and he needed to reconnect with Morrie. Thus began the Tuesdays with Morrie- 14 of them, to be exact. The Tuesdays spent with Morrie were filled with simple platitudes. How to live the life you really want. Morrie was an expert at this. He had developed a neuromuscular disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. There is no cure, and there is no treatment. The plan is to assist people with ALS to live their lives with quality. Almost every person I have met with ALS lives their lives to the fullest. They don't hesitate; they realize they don't have time. This is how Morrie deals with ALS. He lives his life well through his dying. Morrie doesn't dwell on the dying aspect. He has a wonderful support system. He has a family, particularly his wife and friends. He shows his love and gratitude to them on a daily basis. He does not miss a beat. They talk about everything. Morrie does not spout new words of wisdom. He talks about living your life with simplicity and connecting with those you love. Words we should all live by, but in our busy worlds, we tend to forget. Morrie knows what he wants, and he wants to live at home, without all of the complicated, expensive equipment that would keep him breathing. He dies as simply as he lives. He has given his best to Mitch. A lesson for all of us. A simple book full of ways to live your life to the fullest. Who could want for more? prisrob

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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, February 11, 2007 Reviewer: A. Hakala "books rock!" (Rome, GA) - See all my reviews    This is really one of my favorite books, I could read it over and over. It is a great life leason.

A must read for baby boomers., February 7, 2007 Reviewer: Jennifer C. Logan "drjlo" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews    This is an excellent book for gaining insite into the process of dying, and what to expect as our parents age.

Didn't "like" it, but a great book, February 6, 2007 Reviewer: D. Galle "Duane Galle" (Tweed Heads, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews    This is an interesting book. Certainly Albom is no Shakespeare and this book fails to reach any literary heights, however it is a compelling read. I found it sort of similar to a car crash, I wanted to stop, but couldn't. Knowing that Morrie would die in the end just seemed to make the dialogue between Morrie and Albom that little bit more enthralling. My father died about 2 years before I read this book. All the while I was reading it I wished that I had had some of the conversations with him that Albom had with Morrie. In some ways reading this book was a cathartic process as it allowed me to picture what those conversation with my Dad would have been like. Maybe by reading this book you may be encouraged to have some of those conversations with the people close to you while you have the chance.

Tuesdays With Morrie, February 6, 2007 Reviewer: lupusqueen "Ginger" (Lakeland,FL) - See all my reviews I think this book should be required reading for all highschool students.It is such a thoughtful insight into the human spirit and the human condition without being laden with the trappings of overwhelming sadness and concentration on death, in fact it is a celebration of life, by Morrie himself, the dying character, which is so uplifting. It is beautifuly written by Mitch Albom, whom I had only known as a radio guy and that too, lends itself to the depth of the book. it goes deep enough with out leaving the reader left with a feeling of loss,but rather of having gained something very important in the book's final pages..

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