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Summary: Awesome!
Review: "Tuesday's with Morrie" is an unusual book. Technically it is about a man dying, yet it teaches you how to live. And the lessons taught in this book are all beautiful!We meet Mitch Alblom, a sports writer for the Detroit Free Press and his old professor from college, Morrie Schwartz. Mitch and Morrie had an unusual close relationship while Mitch was in college. On his graduation day Mitch gave Morrie a very nice leather briefcase. Morrie had tears in his eyes, when he asked "Will you stay in touch?". Mitch promised to do so. A promise he did not keep. And it wasn't till 20 odd years later, now, a somewhat famous (at least well known) sports-writer, he is in a hotel, zapping through the different TV stations, that he sees his old professor on a TV-show; Nightline with Ted Koppel. He is now an old man, just diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). [This a neurotical disease, which slowly kills you. First you loose your balance, then the ability to walk, next you cannot lift your legs, then the arms and at last it hits the lungs and you suffocate.] Mitch decides to pay his old college teacher a visit. This is the start to what will be their weekly meetings. For each "class" they set a topic to discuss (death, family, marriage etc.). My favourite scene from the book is at the end, when we all know that Morrie will soon die, and Mitch and Morrie are saying goodbye. Reading this, I just gave up on holding back the tears. I laughed and cried my way through this book, and my only complaint is that the book isn't longer. I have had (still have) my own Morrie (Ms. Syring, from the Norwegian School of Management). I know for sure that I wouldn't have made it through college without her. So, when I found this book, I knew I had to buy her one as well. We both recommend this book!
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Summary: I was surprised
Review: This book surprised me. I wasn't expecting to be emotional by reading it. After reading this book I wanted to go back and thank many of the people who have meant so much to me in my life. If you have someone who you call a mentor or who has spoken into your life...read this book and do something about it.
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Summary: Make a Difference...
Review: An excellent style of writing, so simple in delivering a clear message that seems always forgotten by people. The time we need to take in order to reflect on what life is all about, be courageous enough to face what we don't believe in, and that there is no such thing as it is "too late" to change what we don't like in life.... The beauty of being simple in our daily feelings, and how we can create our own culture in approaching our daily matters. The power of giving to people, sharing with them and put our best effort in leaving always a good impression... A great book to read and keep in your collection, very inspiring and the way it is written leaves no doubt of how life should be approached...
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Summary: Review of Tuesday's With Morrie
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie a novel about an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson. You see yourself in the story thinking that you are immortal so it doesn't matter how you live your life. In the story, "Morrie walks the final bridge between life and death and narrates the trip." He tells what should be important in life and what isn't. Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor at Brandeis University who becomes terminally ill, teaches Mitch Albom the values of life. Mitch had Morrie for a teacher on Tuesdays for classes all through college. When he learns of Morrie's illness he visits Morrie every Tuesday at his home in his study which was now the classroom to teach Mitch life's greatest lessons. Each Tuesday they discussed a different topic of life such as aging, family, money, emotion, and death. Morrie teaches Mitch about love, family, and "being prepared to die any time, you can be more involved in your life while your living." This book really opens your eyes on your own life and how you live. We cannot take our lives for granted. A person can become ill and die at anytime. Morrie teaches you to be happy in life and what things in life are more important. He teaches us that we are all always in a hurry and do not concentrate on the things in life that are more import- ant we all worry about getting somewhere and having more than worrying about our family, and friends. We must not feel sorry for ourselves, someone is always worse off than we are. I really enjoyed this book it made me think more about which direction my life is heading. The only side of the book that bothered me was the thought of death throughout the book. I don't of course like to think about my own death even though we all have to die someday. This novel constantly reminds us that we will die someday. I can't be too critical of the book because Morrie does throughout the novel, teach his student Mitch not only about life and learning how to live, but also how to die. He makes readers analyze their lives so that they can live a happy and fulfilling life.
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Summary: Buy this book and have everyday with Morrie!
Review: I don't know why I didn't pick this little gem-of-a-book sooner. I remember there being a lot of talk about it - there was even a TV movie made of it. But for whatever reason, I never picked it up. Then a friend of mine read it and said I must do the same. I said, "Great, can I borrow your copy?" "Absolutely not." was her reply. She said it was good enought to warrant my purchasing and important enough to have in my own modest book collection. So, I picked it up. In two short days, I read this wonderful little book and feel that I too had the luxury of my own personal sessions with Morrie. How lucky Mitch Albom was to have known him and to become reintroduced to him at such an important time in both of their lives. Morrie's messages are simple and they focus on living in the moment, sharing ourselves and loving one another. He is wise, funny, poingant and right on the money with his thoughts and observations. Many people already have this book. But if you know a few like me who haven't picked it up, this would make a great and inexpensive gift that they will truly thank you for.
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Summary: simple but provocative
Review: it's certainly a book that reminds you a lot of forgotten everyday things that you usually neglect. when i first bought it, i expected it is in some sort of "lessons" or "preachings" tone. but, turned out it's a really simple book. words are basic but it echoes with your weakest part. it is a very touching book. it made me cried several times. it even made me visit my teacher in the pass. it reminded me of things i also did as an average person yet i felt guilty of. it opened up another angle to see life. some questions it set out was really appealing.
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Summary: An old man, a young man, and his life
Review: I think Tuesdays with Morrie is an awesome book and is very heartwarming. I hop e you love it too.
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Summary: Everday with Morrie!
Review: After hearing friends and family talk about how wonderful this book was, I had to read it. From the beginning until the end I was completely consumed by the story Mitch (the author) told about his Tuesday visits with his former college professor. This story answered all of my questions regarding life. It motivated me to truely value life and the people I love. This book encouraged me to live my life to the fullest. I was impressed with Morrie's attitude towards dying. Instead of mourning his illness he took the time to inspire his friends, family, and the world. I cried and laughed throughout the book. I will forever be touched by this book!
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Summary: I got my mind on Morrie, and Morrie on my mind
Review: This is one of the few books I've ever read that I'd recommend to absolutely anyone. It's touching, interesting, thought-provoking, inspirational, and easy-to-read. If you don't laugh, and you don't cry, and you don't find yourself appreciating your life after reading this book, then I'd entreat the three ghosts of Christmas to come pay you a visit.
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Summary: A dying man's message
Review: "Tuesdays with Morrie" is about how a young man and his mentor can find each other, save their friendship and learn a little about life and death. The book has a mixture of all emotions. From the first page to the last, it made you want to laugh and cry at the same time. Mitch Albom was a student at Brandeis University more than 2 decades ago. His favorite professor was Morrie Schwartz. As Mitch goes off and makes a name for himself, he loses contact with his beloved professor. while flipping through the channels quite a while later, he hears the familiar name of his prof. and decides to pay him a visit. Mitch finds out that Morrie has AlS or Lou Gehrig's disease and is slowly becoming crippled. At the same time Morrie is becoming more dependent upon other people, he starts squirting out little philosophical bits of information. Many of Morrie's old students come back to visit him at his house. As Morrie tries to tell them that material things don't matter and how everybody nowadays is just running around only caring about themselves. As Mitch and Morrie spend the next 14 Tuesdays together, talking about the meaning of life. This book was an overall good book and showed the pros and cons to a close-ones death. This book helped me see what is really important in life.
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