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Summary: An inspiring story
Review: I picked up this book at the local library and I read it this weekend and to my surprise it was a great book. Morrie Schwartz was an outstanding individual whom had a great zeal for life and taught people around him how to really appreciate what is important in life which did not include money, fame or success. However, Morrie showed his prize student Mitch that stopping to smell the roses, love, family and community were really the important things that mattered and God's true blessing. This book really moved me and I would recommend it to anyone who feels so overwhemled in their daily lives, because this book will give you the perspective of what is really important in life.
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Summary: touching and warming
Review: a book to ground you
look at life's stuff and figure out whats the most precious thru the words of an experienced man and the writings of a gifted transscriber
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Summary: my english class is going to read Tuesdays with Morrie:
Review: i started reading it its really a good book . i like to read books on life and how people see it .. so far am still waiting to finish it
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Summary: Giving to others helps you feel alive. . .
Review: Short and simple book, but extremely deep.Q: Is this a touching, and powerful book?
A: 1,200+ people have written reviews on Amazon.com That means the text of the reviews are 6x more than the length of the book. Some of my favorite quotes: "Love is the only rational act." (pg 52) "Love each other or perish." (pg 91) "Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?" (pg 81) "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." (pg 82) "If you are always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy because it will happen anyway." "Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait to be sixty-five." (pg 118) "We are great at small talk". . . "But really LISTENING to someone - without trying to sell them something, pick them up, recruit them, or get some kind of status in return - how often do we get this anymore?" (pg 137) "But giving to others helps you feel alive." (pg 128)
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Summary: Heartwarming
Review: I had been avoiding this book despite hearing from numerous people that this was a great book because I was skeptical and because the biography of a dying man's last months was not exactly an appealing topic for a book. However, someone gave me this book a couple of weeks ago and I read it in a couple of hours. The book is a short work by Mitch Albom, a sports reporter in Detroit and on ESPN. Albom heard on Nightline one night that Morrie Schwartz, his favorite college professor, one with whom he had developed a real friendship at school, was dying from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Albom had not seen or talked to his professor since then. However, Albom called his professor, was invited over, and then, at the professor's request continued to visit him while recording their conversations to transform into a book, or as the two of them described it, a final thesis. The story that emerges is a combination of Morrie's reflections of life, how to be happy, how to feel satisfied at the end of it, and so forth and Morrie's reflections of what it was like to know you are dying and watch your body wither away. None of Morrie's ideas are particularly novel. Morrie tells us that we should be good to each other and that we should care more about being happy than making money or buying things. Morrie is sad about his body deteriorating, but he tells us that if you live a good life, you can go through even this horrible death without worrying that you didn't do enough in life. However, Albom tells Morrie's lessons to us clearly and, as much as is possible, without lecturing us. The story of Morrie's last months is, of course, tragic, but worth reading. The only part I disliked was Albom's interspersed story of his own life. Albom starts telling us a bit about his life in college, and that was interesting, but then Albom switches to the present. I guess the point is that Albom wants us to know that he had lost his way but that he was taking Morrie's lessons to heart. It seemed an unnecessary addition to the story. Better to let Morrie's lessons speak for themselves.
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Summary: Short of Great Expectations
Review: Mitch Albom, a nationally syndicated sports writer for the Detroit Press, has a chance to visit his old mentor and college professor Morrie Schwartz while he is in the midst of dying. This book captures that experience. I had such expectations of this book due to the widespread attention and sales this book garnered that anything short of a life-altering experience would be a disappointment. I thought it would be a transcendent meditation on life, on dying, on the human spirit. It tries to be these things, but tends to fall short leaning towards the over-sentimental. It is a noble ideal to share with the rest of the world the wisdom gained from a cherished person. The author does so with honesty, but I find after reading this two years down the road, the observations, life lessons, philosophy, wisdom gained just hasn't stuck with me. I would look to other books for life-altering wisdom.
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Summary: A touching and warming read
Review: This book is about a man named Mitch, getting in touch with an old Professor and friend named, Morrie. They hadn't been in touch for over 15 years. It was only because Mitch happened to be watching TV one night after a hard day at work and saw a Nightline special focusing on Morrie. Morrie apparently, had Lou Gehrig's disease and was telling Nightline and the world about his condition. After seeing this episode, Mitch contacted his old friend and decided it was time to get together. It was a bit awkward for Mitch at first, but Morrie held no hard feelings about their lost relationship. The two men began to meet every week, and their meetings happened to fall on Tuesday's, just the way they had years ago. It was through the meetings Morrie spoke of his illness, his life, life lessons and his family. Mitch listened with warmth and admiration and recorded the information which he later published into a book at Morrie's request. I enjoyed this book a lot and I even got a little choked up at the end. Morrie's lessons should not be anything new to us; we should value life, friends and family and learn to appreciate each other. But I think at times, we get side tracked and forget the simple, yet important things in life. This book is a very short, but meaningful read. It would make a great gift idea, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Very Well Written Non-fiction Novel
Review: Mitch Albom, the main character in the story, is cleary unsatisfied on how his life has turned out so far. Mitch switched from being a talented musician, to be a sports writer in Detroit(with long FULL working days), just for the money. He realizes that something in his life is missing. He finally figures out what he should really care about in life when he finally meets Morrie (who has come down w/ ALS), his teacher at Brandies University some 16 years ago. Throughout the book, Morrie, who is in his final months of life, talks about life's lessons, about love, family, death, our culture, etc. Mitch meets at Morrie's house every Tuesday to talk about the next lesson for 14 weeks. Morrie expresses that there is no life without love, and that without love, people are birds without wings. Without love, Morrie would not be able to handle his disease as well as he did with loved one's. Mitch learns what is REALLY important in life, but also learns how to live life TO ITS FULLEST by Morrie's lessons. Mitch Albom has certainly written an outstanding book that has taught people about Morrie's lessons about life. This is certainly a book for pretty much any age from teenagers all the way to grandparents! I would definetly recommend this book to anyone who would be intersted in a great VERY EASY read. Albom and Morrie have certainly given me some life lessons. Sean Barnett
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Summary: An all around great book
Review: This is one of the greatest books I've ever read. It made me cry, which surprised me. This book is also great if you don't have a lot of time. It keeps you interested. You won't put it down until it's done.
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Summary: Poignant
Review: Inspiration for almost any reader. This book provides sometimes subtle, sometimes powerful insight into what it means to be living, and what it is to be dying. What many of us can take home from this book is the process by which the author learns from Morrie lessons on life. This may prove a strong analogy for us--Mitch's Tuesdays are the moving lessons each of us reach in our life; Morrie is every teacher, parent, or event that has given us meaning.
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