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Summary: Inspirational, heart warming
Review: I have never read such a book with such emotion. I have never cried after reading a book. Being a high school teacher, this book gave me insight in the type of teacher I hope I am. I enjoy visits with former students. I was very touched by this wonderful book.
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Summary: An old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Review: Peter Rabinowitz of PAR Associates of Boston gave me this book as a gift. I passed it along to my wife as a gift. I am sure she will pass it along as a gift as well. Peter called the late Professor Maurice Schwartz of Brandeis University someone "you know but didn't know you knew." A victim of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, he was interviewed several times by NIGHTLINE host Ted Koppel on what it is like to die. This book is an extension of the Kopppel interviews, lovingly and beautifully written by one of Professor Schwartz' former Brandeis students. Who would want to spend time on such a depressing subject? Professor Schwartz said, "Every one knows they are going to die, but nobody believes it." This book is about learning to really, really believe in your own death and how it can make living the remainder of your life a more vibrant experience. Peter Rabinowitz passed on Morrie Schwartz' wisdom wisdom to me, and I am passing it to you. Laurence J. Stybel THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESOURCE CENTER Boston, MA e mail: stybel@aol.com
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Summary: A point of departure for Albom
Review: I, like thousands of fans, have read Mitch's extraordinary columns in the Detroit Free Press since he came to the Motor City in the 80's. Tuesdays with Morrie was another example of the kind of work Albom can produce once he is motivated by an urgency to tell the world he's got something people should hear. Albom will never be in the same category with the Faulkners and Richters, but that is good, because he can reach millions more with his down to earth approach. I did feel like I was in the house when Albom described what life was like now that it was drawing to a close for his former professor. As good as it was, Albom will hopefully benefit the most and will certainly have to remind himself to stay on that road that he said makes all the difference in the world. I think we all have people that come into our lives and challenge us to think about the way we live. People like Morrie have taught me the value of relationships over the value of possession, and I can honestly say that that lesson has to be retaught over and over again. If the book moved us, we need to read it once a year.
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Summary: THE END OF ONE LIFE MAY SOMETIMES BE THE START OF ANOTHER.
Review: It is not every day that I read a book that has an impact on my personal and profesional life. Every day as a physician my work touches the lives of many people with the same life ending conditions as Morrie. The contents of this wonderful book has opened a new vision of my world and the understanding of the patient's problems in dealing with the end of life.
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Summary: WISE, INSPIRATIONAL AND DISAPPOINTING...
Review: I am a psychoanalyst and one of my patients gave the book to me, strongly urging me to read it. Since it would facilitate the therapy, I read it, in a two hour gulp. My guess is that to my patient, I am Morrie and he is Mitch. He is in business and driven to success and I urge him to slow down and smell the roses. He has a thing about unconditional love and tough love. The former is an ideal, the latter, real. The trouble with Mitch and Morrie is that Mitch painted a saint, not a real, believable person. I suppose we all need ego-ideals, but we already have them in Ghandi, King, Mandela and Mother Theresa. Sure, we should all love each other and smell the roses. Cynically, I am sure that Mitch cried all the way to the bank. So did Ted Koppel.
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Summary: A snapshot of what life really means!!
Review: This book moved me to tears (on the New York subway train, mind you). I first saw Mitch Albom on the Today Show w/Matt Lauer. I thought, "wow" sounds like a good book. It is more than good. It is a moving testimony to the true meaning of life and love. It is not filled with clinical rationalizations, but filled with simple words from a wonderful man who really understood the true meaning of life and love. Even though I didn't know Morrie, I will keep him close to my heart.
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Summary: A Moving Tribute to an Old Friend
Review: Mitch Albom is a popular columnist for the Detroit Free Press, and we locals know that he is capable of much more than the sports commentary which is his main focus. Albom pulls at the heartstrings with this moving tribute to his old professor, who he loved like a father yet lost touch with in the coarse of his fast-paced, career-oriented life. The Morrie he rediscovers still has spirit, intelligence and compassion in spite of the ALS which is stealing his life by degrees. This slim volume is full of platitudes, most of which we've read before, but they do have an added weight coming from a man who is tetering so close to death. If this weren't a true tale it would be a smaltzy, even hackneyed story, but its veracity makes it heart-rending. Albom couldn't have written a more moving tribute to a pretty special guy.
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Summary: Thought provoking and soothing!
Review: Read during the holidays and what a wonderful book! at a most Christian time of the year. This book zeroes right in on what's important vs what we think is important. Detaching one's self from our culture and seeing our lives in a much larger context is the takeaway for me!
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Summary: A touching account of courage & what it means to live.
Review: I read "Tuesdays With Morrie" in a few hours and cried over it. It was beautifully and simply written, and I know I'll never forget it, or Morrie, who I'd seen on the "Nightline" segments. Mitch Albom has paid his old professor an unforgettable tribute.
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Summary: Tuesday is now my favorite day of the week.
Review: This book is a final paper, written for a final class between a professor and his favorite student. Mitch Albom introduces us to his teacher and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease. Morrie shares his thoughts and feelings associated with realizing his own mortality. To have a teacher as gifted as Morrie Schwartz share this experience--with uncommon courage, humor, patience and candor--provides any reader with profound insight and wisdom regarding life. Afterall, Morrie teaches us that once you learn how to die, you learn how to live!
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