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Summary: Power of friendship outshines shadow of death!
Review: Mitch Albom's account of his reunion with his dying college professor is a moving portrayal of the power of friendship when faced with the reality of experiencing a terminal disease.Morrie Schwartz was a teacher, mentor and friend to Mitch. His impact on the writer even after a 20 year absence is amazing. When Mitch heard about Morrie's illness he vlounteered to go and see him every Tuesday. They talk about life issues such as life, death, love and friendship. The conversations about death are the ones that the book covers most. Morrie knows he is dying and wants to get his estate in order for his family. Morrie wants everyone to know he loves them very much. Morrie finds it in himself to enjoy his time on earth with family and friends and especially Mitch. This helps Morrie gain clarity. This book isn't just about death. It teaches you many life lessons to be learned and understood for anyone. The power of the friendship outshines the shadow of death. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It's one you can't put down. I haven't read many books about death but the few I have tend to be depressing where as this book is revitalizing about life and it's experiences.
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Summary: The story that moves everyone
Review: It may be a little too advanced for the younger crowd in my opinion, but it is a great one to start with. Tuesdays with Morrie makes me think more about what to do for my small period of living, to wonder the world and do as I please. This book really tells you to take a look at your life and to think more of what you want to do than what you "need" to do such as work long hours, get a raise, when the real meaning and true thing you need to do is make a difference, explore, ask questions, and to be open.
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Summary: must read
Review: This is the greatest book I have ever read. I am 17 years old and usually dont loke to read. This book kept me into the book and loved to read it. Everyone should read and have a copy of the book for themselves
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Summary: Simple but shakes you up
Review: Reading this book caused me to examine my own life so much that I thought about not finishing it. I found myself thinking about my own priorities and how I had many of the same regrets as the younger man, Mitch. This book is important to read if you find your daily life to be empty and less fulfilling than you had hoped. Its simple message, for me, was about making sure that your time is spent doing the truly important things rather than chasing wealth. It has given me a new perspective on how I want to live my life. I think it could do the same for anyone who is open to receiving its simple message.
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Summary: The Legacy
Review: Many of us have had great teachers; people who taught us various subjects and helped us to understand many concepts. Fewer of us have had the opportunity to have a professor that teaches us to love mathematics, strive to be the best writers we can, or work to change the future by wholly understanding the past. Once in a lifetime is there a teacher who can make more than one student understand the greatest lessons life has to offer. In Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, the reader becomes the student and is able to learn those difficult, often unanswered, questions surrounding the meaning of love and life and death. The author was able to turn the last weeks he had with a beloved professor and true friend into the most wonderful course that can never be taught or planned in a curriculum. This lesson cannot be taught in the most elite high school settings or even in the lecture halls of an Ivy League School. This thesis is a gift to all who read it because of its ability to make the reader feel as if she is sitty next to the bed of the dying Morrie Schwartz and examining her own life as he tells about what he has learned from his. In a society where many people feel the need to be strong and constantly moving, it is also difficult to speak freely, honestly, about any subject close to the heart or tied to emotions. Not only did Morrie have the unusual gift to touch many souls and rekindle sad spirits, he also had the remarkable ability to be honest and open. For all of you who never had a professor , teacher, or friend with which you could speak freely, reading this book will make you feel as if Morrie had been your collegue, and all his words and insights were intended for you alone. It is impossible to set this book down because of the amazing insight Morrie had on so many aspects of life. Although the reader knows the final outcome, there is little sadness, because she knows that this man has left behind what few have: an everlasting legacy.
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Summary: Life 101
Review: I found myself moved to tears by the love, simplicity and honesty of this wonderful story. Morrie's courage to face life and death head on was truly inspiring. The writing style of the author, Mitch Albom, gave me a sense of my being present to the life inspiring conversations between Morrie, the teacher and Mitch, his "student of life." Theirs is a classroom, where the teachings of life are simple and where one can learn to appreciate each moment. If you enjoyed "Tuesday's With Morrie," I highly recommend reading Ariel & Shya Kane's book called "Working On Yourself Doesn't Work." This book is a practical guide to finding and maintaining true satisfaction in your life, without "working" for it.
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Summary: Meaning of living and dying
Review: I spent the better part of last year recovering from a Stage 4 cancerous tumor in my mouth and struggled through that period trying to figure out what I was experiencing. A friend sent me this book, and I did NOT read it until after I had undergone Lymph Node removal surgery. This book helped me put my personal medical experiences and possibility of dying into perspective and appreciate the living I've done. I did not think that I would ever be able to say that I treasured the negative things I experienced in living my life, but now I can sincerely say that those experiences were beneficial in helping me face my impending death; thanks to "Tuesday's with Morrie".
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Summary: Love, Friendship, Morality and Death
Review: Mitch Albom's account of his reunion with his dying college professor is a moving portrayal of the power of friendship when faced with the harsh reality of a terminal disease. Morrie Schwartz was a teacher, mentor and friend to Albom. His impact on the writer, even after a 20 year absence is palpable. Upon hearing of Morrie's illness, Albom takes it upon himself to visit Morrie....on Tuesdays, of course. They talk about the tough issues that face all of us as we go about our lives: love, friendship, morality and death. It is these conversations about death that are the core of the book. Morrie knows he is dying and is attempting to settle his affairs before his time comes. But for Morrie this doesn't mean only checking that his will is in order or that his family is provided for. He takes the broader view and wants to settle up with friends and family, making sure they know he loves them. Morrie finds it in himself to actually enjoy his death and the opportunities it provides him to gain clarity in his thoughts about the world and living. Don't be put off by the subject matter. While 'death' is at the core of this book, it is not at its heart. The heart is reserved for love and the redeeming power of a friendship that is not shackled by age or distance or expectation. I can't help thinking how much better off we would all be if we each had someone in our life like Morrie, if only for a little while.
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Summary: The Answers to Life From a Dying Man
Review: Tuesdays With Morrie is an incredible book about an old man's walk through death and the lessons learned by a young friend who watched him die. Mitch Albom is a young sports writer for the Detroit Fress Press,who had Morrie Schwartz as a Professor in college nearly twenty years ago. One night while flicking through the t.v. stations Mitch caught his old professor on Ted Koppel's "Nightline". What he hears stuns him. His old professor is dying of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. It is a slow killing neurological disease. Mitch, a world weary,cynical man ,goes to visit Morrie. This begins the first of many Tuesday visits with his old professor. Morrie teaches Mitch about the meaning of life and not to fear death. One of my favoite quotes is "Money is not a substitue for thenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you,as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have." Having just lost my mother, I really did not want to read this book. But, this was a required book in my English Comp. class. Thank God I was forced to read it,because it helped me face some issues in my own life. First and foremost, my mother's death. I recommend this book to anyone looking for the real answers to life.
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Summary: Pancake!
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie is a touching tale of an old english professor, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying of Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and one of his old students, Mitch Albom, who come together to spend Morrie's dying Tuesdays talking about life. The two of them discuss dying, love, children, and many other important facts of life. They also discuss what it's like to die, and why you shouldn't be afraid to die, you should be afraid not to live. It's a book that makes you take a look at your own life and think hard about the way you live from day to day. It also makes you appricate what you have while you have it.
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