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Summary: Soul Food
Review: This amazing little novel is packed with enough soul food to fill the hungriest of hearts. It is a model teacher for society. Albom grasps his audience and gives them a timeless invitation for redemption.
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Summary: Life's Greatest Lesson
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie is a story written by one of Morrie's long time student, Mitch Albom.Morrie changed his life. This story talks about a student who visits his professor every Tuesday to learn about life's greatest lesson and to check on him due to the deadly disease that he has been battling for the past several months.This disease is ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) which is a brutal, unforgiving illness of the neurological system.They meet on every Tuesday and talk about each other because they haven't seen each other in twenty years. When the disease took over Morrie's body, Morrie could no longer move his legs, arms, and the worst part is that he had to have someone with him in the bathroom to help him.Morrie felt that death was near and he wanted to be with the people who loved him, cared for him, and supported him. While Morrie was going through a tough time,Mitch also experienced guilt because it took him twenty years to reunite with his favorite person who changed his life forever.I think that this book should be recommended to every High School Senior because they will be going out into the real world without knowing what to expect.Tuesdays with Morrie will make them realize the true meaning of life.
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Summary: Life's greatest lessons
Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is Mitch Albom's tribute to his old mentor and friend, Morrie Schwartz, a professor that he knew back in college. Mitch accidentally comes across Morrie on television years later, on Ted Koppel's NIGHTLINE, with Morrie being interviewed on national television. Mitch had not seen or talked to Morrie since graduation day, and it is years later, spurred on by that Nightline show, that Mitch seeks out Morrie, and from there they spend the last months of Morrie's life talking about a lot of different topics of importance: "Money", "Regrets", "Fear of Aging"... the list goes on. Every Tuesday they meet and talk about different subjects, as Morrie slowly succumbs to the disease. We watch with Mitch as Morrie slowly dies in front of our lives, but at the same time Morrie's need to reach out to others does not decline.This was such a wonderful book. Through the eyes of Mitch Albom, who throughout the entire book has a lot of guilt and self doubt about his career choices, his neglect in keeping touch with old friends, his family relationships, we see what a good person Morrie Schwartz was. Despite his illness (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Morrie's attitude is always one of positive outlook and hope. He is the mentor that I think everyone should have had some time in their lives. He's the father that we all wished we had. Morrie Schwartz did not let death scare him. He faced it head on, and knowing what he knew, that his time was limited, he lived those last months of his life to the fullest, by letting Mitch Albom record his voice every Tuesday, discussing life's most important lessons.
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Summary: W.H. Auden was Right!
Review: The great poet W.H. Auden was right when he said "Love Each Other or Perish." After reading this story you will definitely want to tell those nearest & dearest to you how much you love them. We could all use more love in our lives. This story is certainly filled with the deepest love between a mentor and a student. Mitch Albom has come to visit, help & seek wisdom from his college professor from nearly 20 years ago, who is dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). Mitch spends 14 Tuesdays talking and learning about the"lessons of life" from Morrie. As the days grow shorter for Morrie its very heartbreaking to read about his suffering, but also very enlightening that someone could be so strong and courageous in the light of dead. It gives one hope and strength to face the enviable when our own time comes after reading this. How true it is when Morrie states, "Without Love, We are Birds with Broken Wings." A very touching, wonderful book. I'm so glad I read this book. I will never forget Morrie or Mitch!
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Summary: One of the best.
Review: The writer showed great determination to go back to his professor. He went to meet Morrie not by car, but by plane, every week. The writer was a journalist, he ought to be busy every day, but he took his time to visit Morrie. I think that is very earnest of him. The most touching part of the book is Mitch saying good-bye to Morrie at the last visit. It gave an impressive picture of the moment. I could almost feel that I was there watching.
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Summary: Inspiring upon reflection
Review: The author, Mitch, re-discovered his dying professor, Morrie, after sixteen years. He started taking weekly lessons from his professor again. Only this time, the lessons were about life, taught from Morrie¡¦s life experiences. Beyond the wisdom and insight imparted explicitly by Morrie (such as intangible love and relationships over tangible materialism, do not be afraid to feel), also touching the hearts were the implicit values taught. It showed us that a teacher¡¦s teaching could go a long way and could have a powerful influence on his students. I find this particularly inspiring, as complaints that being a teacher does not have its rewards are not new. It also showed us that wisdom grow proportionately with age, so do not be afraid to grow old! However, how many of us could age so graciously as Morrie? This book serves a timely reminder to all of us, who are becoming older everyday. I remember thinking to myself: Mr Albom, you are so lucky, so many of us do not have great teachers to begin with. However, at the end of the book, you have earned my respect. I have to admit that there are indeed great teachers all around us, but it takes a special person willing to spend the time, commitment and effort to find one and unleash the greatness. I have to admit that I did not take to the book when I first started. The cynic in me asked, isn't this stating the obvious? However, upon finishing the book and having time to reflect on it, I find has indeeed touched and inspired me, in a subtle way.
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Summary: life changing
Review: I rarely read non-fiction. I love fantasy and usually stick to that. But after hearing how this book changed lives and made people sob, i decided that I had to read it. Now, I'm used to these giant, 900+ page doorstops and when I saw that it was only just under 200 pages I was surprised. How can something so moving be put into a mere 192 pages? a. Because Mitch Albom writes incredibly well, and b. because his message is so strong. This book truly does change lives, I found myself looking at how I was living and how I could change for the better. That MOrrie could be such an unselfish, inspiartional person (after finding that he had Lou Gehrig's disease, he declared himself lucky!) blows my mind, and humbles me. This book should be read by anyone and everyone regardless of age or belief. You won't be dissapointed and I can guarentee that you will be changed. Its that good.
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Summary: Albom should read his own book
Review: A sappy, sentimental potboiler, Tuesdays with Morrie is a farce if you've ever had encountered or worked with Mitch Albom. It's clear that he's a talented writer -- just ask him, he'll tell you! Maybe Mitch learned some lessons sitting with Morrie -- I'm amazed that Morrie was able to tell Mitch anything -- but it's clear that Albom doesn't apply those same lessons to his own life. Perhaps that's why Tuesdays with Morrie didn't resonate with me, I resent people who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.
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Summary: Why do we wait until we die to really live?
Review: Morrie teaches us that life happens every second. Through this dying man's eyes we see how alive we can be if only we chose to. This book should be read over and over until we finally get it. Take a moment. Because you'll never get it back again.
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Summary: Buy this tiny masterpiece!
Review: In a world which offers so many "words of wisdom" books dealing with positive thinking and the significance of life, I didn't think I'd find one so fresh and simple as "Tuesdays with Morrie." Instead of packing a book full of quotes by philosophers, theologians, historians, or the Dalai Lama, author Mitch Albom (a much celebrated sports columnist) chooses to just simply recount a series of visits with a dying man. Instead of a lecture, this is a story about a real relationship; instead of a book you can't put down, it's one that will make you stop and reflect . . . often. The tone is, at once, both sad and uplifting. "Tuesdays with Morrie" is warm, thought-provoking, and very easy to read. It made me think often about family and friends, and about a TRUE teacher named Morris Schwartz, the likes of whom we should all one day have the good fortune to meet. I give this my highest recommendation.
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