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Summary: the power of a mentor
Review: I know what it's like to have that one mentor who you just can't wait to see each week because they are so full of lessons on life. In fact, being a 22 year old grad. student in literature who is just beginning my career as a teacher, I feel a special spiritual bond with all of those professors who have believed in me and who have seen me "as a raw and precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine." So many times we place a stigma on teacher-student relations because many feel that a teacher is an authority figure with a higher degree of knowledge than the student. But, the fact is that lessons on life are the important thing to learn, and on that level, a teacher and student are equal and can learn from each other. Tuesdays demonstrated this relationship with beauty and power, and I believe that anyone who has ever had a mentor, who is a mentor, or who is going into teaching should read this book because I know it has given me some lessons to follow, not only in my career, but in my own relationships as well.
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Summary: This book touched my heart!
Review: It's amazing, we live in a world that is so into death anddying. Being able to look past the norm and find out what reallymatters is what's infront of you moment to moment. That is how Morrie lived his life. He wasn't going to let a disease kill him off before he dies.Morrie thought everyday people who lived their lives running around always living in the future were missing what and who they really were. They would miss experiences and people that could have been influential to their lives. He thrived on love. Love is what kept him around. He believed in being with the person you're with, moment to moment. That is why I recommend this book. Living in a world of always racing around to the next thing not appreciating what you really have. Morrie taught you how to appreciate life ...
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I'm not one for sappy, emotional, tear jerker books, but this is one of the greatest books that I have read. I very much disagree with other reviews I have read saying that nothing happens, or Mr. Albom did a poor job writing the book. I feel Mr. Albom did a terrific job writing a simple book on a complicated topic. To me the book is exactly what I expected it to be. It was a journal of the last days between not only a student and a teacher, but two wonderful friends. However, I felt the book also did a great job of addressing the bond felt between the two as well as share some of Morrie's wisdom with the rest of the world.
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Summary: Morrie Schwartz -- A Teacher to the Last
Review: This wonderful book focuses on the meaning of life, from the perspective of a teacher (Morrie Schwartz) who is about to lose his life and his pupil, (Mitch Albom) who has lost his focus on what is important. They come together for 14 Tuesdays (just like they did while the author was a college student at Brandeis) before the professor passes away of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). This book is filed with the most beautiful sayings you can imagine. Here are a few examples: 'Giving to other people is what makes us feel alive.' 'Love each other or perish.' 'Everybody knows they are going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.' 'Learn to detach from experience.' Many people would avoid a book on this subject, because they do not want to think about death. Although Morrie Schwartz is dying throughout this book, the subject is really about living rather than dying. Few will find the dying to be distressing, even though it is graphically and frequently addressed. For those of us with many years to live, this book can be a wake-up call to start really living now -- in the ways we would if we were about to die, as well as to learn how to treat others while we still have them with us. For those who have but little time left, this book can be an inspiration for how to get the most out of the remaining time. You will probably find it heart-warming (as I did) to find out that the advance on this book was paid in time to help defray some of Professor Schwartz's medical expenses. May you find new meaning in your life from reading this wonderful book! Life is a teacher, and Morrie Schwartz's thoughts can be a text to help you understand the lessons.
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Summary: Save some money and down a few dozen packets of Sweet-n-Low
Review: Oh, what drivel. I'm not sure which I resented more: Morrie's presumption that his impending death somehow imparted wisdom, or Ablom's prodigal son schtick. I'm sorry that Morrie suffered such a long, drawn-out illness, but that does not elevate trite sentimentalism to the realm of grand philosophy. Nor do I doubt Mitch's love for his teacher, or the sincerity of his motives- I just was exhausted by his bouts of self-recrimination interwoven with breathless awe for Morrie's wisdom. I must admit that I found myself compelled to finish the book. I kept hoping that somehow it would rise above the fortune cookie wisdom and deliver some real insight. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.
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Summary: A Teacher to the Last
Review: How lucky Mitch Albom was to see his former professor on "Nightline" as he flipped through the channels one night in 1995. How fortunate that he had another chance to reacquaint himself with the teacher that had been most important to him as a college student. How grateful I was to read this description of the "final thesis" between a superior teacher and a completely invested student. The wonder of TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is right there--in being a completely invested student of Morrie Schwartz, Mitch Albom becomes better invested in life and in love and less sunk into our materialistic culture. "Death ends a life, not a relationship." Dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, Morrie reminds us that we live on through our love. But our love needs our attention: the people that we love need us to be "fully present." I saw at least two of Morrie's three interviews with Ted Koppel and I can still hear his voice, just as I can still hear the voice of a favorite professor of mine who died four years after I graduated from college--a rushed hug as I marched by him in my cap and gown was our final contact. Morrie helped me forgive myself for that, and I keep in good touch now with the other teachers who meant the most to me. That way I show respect for the legacy of those that I never thanked enough. This book is short, but neither underdone or overdone. Nowhere is it flat, nowhere does it sermonize, per se. But it is a taught class, and as such can be didactic. Take a lesson with Morrie, it doesn't matter how jaded or cynical you are or you think you are, you will find much that is valuable in this book.
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Summary: A SWEET AND INSPIRING STORY OF FRIENDSHIP
Review: I loved this book. Tuesdays with Morrie is a refreshing reminder that life can be and is wonderful in each moment. If you enjoyed Tuesdays with Morrie, I highly recommend a book called "WORKING ON YOURSELF DOESN'T WORK: A BOOK ABOUT INSTANTANEOUS TRANSFORMATION" by Ariel and Shya Kane. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK! To me the Kanes' book is an easy to read guide to living in the moment which inturn has enabled me to have a rich, rewarding and loving life, including my work and relationships. I highly recommend the Kanes' book to anyone interested in having their own LIFE be one of CONTINUOUS WONDERFUL MOMENTS.
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Summary: Sweet
Review: This is a touching story that can be read in one afternoon, and with its feel-good tone, easy language, and brief presentation, it comes across like an issue of Reader's Digest. I can't imagine someone not liking Morrie, or the lesson learned by the author, but there's not much to the book. Take it out from the library- you'll enjoy it, but it isn't something you'll need to refer to all the time for daily affirmation.
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Summary: WE SHOULD ALL LIVE IN PEACE
Review: To counter Alain de Botton's phrase usage in his NYTBR review - the more you say it the more people will hear it. Right? The book indeed is a tear-jerker, but a good one: a true experience, lived in a dramatic context, with edifying things being said. All in all, a work that cannot do but good: there is enough brutality and lack of compassion in this world, to welcome a story like Albom is supplying. We should close the book enriched and with a serener view of life.
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Summary: Unforgettable Morrie
Review: A truly uplifting book with a positive take on many end of life issues. I laughed and cried. This is one book I will never forget, and I will probably read it again many times in my life.
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