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Summary: Not very persuasive.
Review: I heard so many good things about this book, I thought it would be something that changed my outlook on life. Instead, it was basically a sappy Lifetime movie in book form.It was funny how Morrie ranted about the evils of money, considering he lived in an upscale suburb and hired a small army of caretakers who constantly tended him and his medical equipment. I'd like to see someone else in Morrie's situation who can't afford top-notch 24/7 in-home healthcare talking about how people shouldn't be so money-hungry. Furthermore, the book was not at all persuasive considering the author did not address how Morrie's philosophy (which is that of pretty much every liberal college professor I've encountered) changed his life. And to my knowledge, it didn't. If Morrie couldn't sway the author despite their supposedly intimate relationship, how is his story supposed to have a strong effect on anybody else? If you're the type to get worked up over Hallmark cards and soap operas, you'll like it. For everybody else, it's an overrated melodramatic waste of time.
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Summary: Will make you reflect on what is important in life...
Review: I read this book after a friend contracted terminal cancer and I needed to understand the process of dying and how I could be of service to my friend. What this book did for me was to focus my energies on what is important in life. In that way, I could help my dying friend and I learned that I could help my living friend and other living friends even more by being present with them and helping them to find out what is important in life. We are all on a journey, and finding out the truth of life opens up so many possibilities. This book will help anyone who is a student of life.
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Summary: Tuesdays...... Review
Review: Tuesday's With Morrie is an inspirational book above all. Morrie was a college professor who had befriended a student named Mitch Albom. Mitch had learned a lot about friends, family, and just life in general from Morrie. They always met on Tuesdays after Morrie's classes; that were, until the day Mitch graduated. He promised he would stay in touch with Morrie and never did. Sixteen Years later, Morrie is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease that slowly eats away at his body.
One night, while Mitch was having difficulty sleeping, he flips through the channels on his television and comes across Morrie being interviewed on TV. Mitch gets on a plane and goes to see Morrie. They get reacquainted and realize that their friendship never really died.
From then on, until the end of the biography, Morrie and Mitch meet every Tuesday where Morrie teaches Mitch about the real important things in life.
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Summary: Tuesdays With Morrie
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie was a touching story about a young man, an old man, an life's greatest lesson. This book was extremely well written. It made you feel as if the characters were your best friends, and you have known them all your life. If you have ever lost someone important to you in your life this may be a good book for you. It might help you realize why they did the things that they did. This book thought me many lesson, and made me look at the world differently. For example, it thought me just because society thinks your should be embarrassed of yourself for not begin able to do something; you do not have to accept that out look on things.
The characters in this book were well developed. Morrie, the main character, was a college professor. He was diagnosed with a disease that affects your muscles. Morrie was not afraid of death, and he accepted it.
The other main character in the book was Mitch. Mitch was one of Morris's students. Morrie and Mitch had more then a student teacher relationship. Mitch looked up to Morrie; he was his guide or teacher of the most important lesson of all, life. At the beginning Mitch was connected to the material things in life. Until he started to spend time with Morrie.
This book was a character driven story. The book was written by Mitch. I loved this because you got his true feelings on situations, not through the words of other people. The plot was told well from Mitches point of view. It was a great book and I highly recommend it
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Summary: Tuesday's with Morrie
Review: After hearing much raved reviews for this novel, I decided to give it a whirl. It turns out, this novel was one of the most inspirational novels I have ever read. Morrie Schwartz, an elderly man dying from Lou Gherig's Disease, is reunited with an old, close student of his. Morrie wakes Mitch up from his monotonous, meaningless life. Morrie teaches him lessons about life and living, as he reaches his last days. Every Tuesday Mitch makes the journey to Morrie's watching him wither away more with every visit as they discuss love, spirituality, happiness, and the other essentials in life. If you are looking for an inspiration, Mitch's story of his Tuesday's spent with Morrie is a great place to start. This book gets my recommendation.
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Summary: Greatest book I've ever read
Review: "Tuesdays with Morrie" is no doubt the best book I've ever read. This book really touched my heart and Morries life lessons helped me to be more loving and caring to all people.
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Summary: An Inspirational MUST Read, Reminding Us of How Lucky We Are
Review: As someone who does not find time to read often, I was unable to put this book down. It drew tears from my eyes, and put smiles on my face. The story does beautiful justice to the ordeal brought about by ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), both to the patient and his or her loved ones. As a former caregiver of my mother who suffered the same fate as Morrie Schwartz, I recommend this short book to families that are enduring the same experience, and to everyone else out there whose eyes will open to some of the simpler things that make life so wonderful, that we all too often take for granted.
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Summary: Great book, worth reading
Review: Wow. Ever thought about death, life, the meaning of everything? Morrie lays it out and it makes sense. A good read for anyone going through any kind of crisis. Life is short, enjoy it while you can, share it with other.
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Summary: Morrie had it half right
Review: This book is very inspirational, and should draw a tear or two to your eyes. Morrie Schwartz, who has the "luxury" of knowing approximately when he will die, uses his remaining time to impart much of his wisdom to one of his favorite old college students. He teaches us what most of us should already know, be must be reminded of anyway - that our relationship with our fellow man is infinitely more important than what else we do in our hectic lives. But what really made me sad was Morrie is only half right. Our relationships are the key - but it isn't only our relationship with our fellow man which is important, but also our relationship with our creator. He put us here for a reason. We are here for His glory. I highly recommend this book for all to read.
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Summary: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is awesome!!
Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom is an awesome book! It is a true story of Morrie Schwartz, an old man who is slowly dying, and Mitch Albom, his former student who puts his materialistic life on hold so that he can realize what's really important in his life. Topics such as love, death, family, emotions, money, the fear of aging, marriage, culture, and forgiveness are all discussed in such a concise manner that they are easy to understand. It's as if I were sitting right next to Mitch, listening to Morrie talk about life in general. One of my favorite quotes from the book is found on page 188 in the paperback edition. "At one point, when Morrie's ashes were placed into the ground, I glanced around the cemetery. Morrie was right. It was indeed a lovely spot, trees and grass and a sloping hill. 'You talk, I'll listen,' he had said. I tried doing that in my head, and to my happiness, found that the imagined conversation felt almost natural. I looked down at my hands, saw my watch and realized why. It was Tuesday." This quote, and the book as a whole, is symbolic of a parent-child relationship. In the beginning, at Brandeis University, Morrie is the parent, taking care of Mitch in the classroom, as well as nurturing him for his graduate thesis. In the end, the roles have switched, and Mitch is found taking care of his old professor. One of the themes of this book is that you need to embrace life and make the most of what you have. No matter what path you take in life, whether it is a college professor, or a sports writer, you need people in your life that will be there for you. Mitch knew this in the beginning, but he lost sight of his goal. It took sixteen years, but in the end, he finally realized this and was able to make up with his brother. I am very fortunate as I take this advice into my own life because I am young. I have wasted so much of my life already watching TV, worrying about bad hair days, and other small stuff. I am very grateful that I read this book at the time I did because I am old enough to understand the lessons and I can act on them. I would not just recommend TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE to people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. I recommend this book to every person in the world. This book changed my whole outlook on life! Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
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