Tuesdays With Morrie : An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (AUDIO CASSETTE)

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Summary: This is classic Mitch
Review: Being a resident of the Detroit area, I am well acquainted with the "grab you with the first paragraph and don't let go" writing style of Mitch Albom. "Sports writer" is such a limiting misnomer when used in reference to Mitch. He has a knack for digging to the heart of the matter, and this book is a shining example. This book brings out some very deep truths in an extremely "easy read" fashion. This is the type of book you take to bed with you, and finish in a couple of evenings....but it stays with you forever. It acquaints you well with his dying former college professor, and you will learn life's lessons as Mitch did....in a way that hits very close to the heart.

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Summary: An absolute must-read!
Review: I read this book during a very difficult time in my life and it transformed my whole way of thinking. Morrie was a truly rare person who had a gift for finding what's really important in life. Mitch Albom does a superb job in showing how Morrie learns "how to live through dying." The book takes the everyday things that need to be appreciated and highlights them while at the same time providing a very touching tale of a professor and his former student. I gave this book to a few of my friends for Christmas...it's that good. Do not pass this one by...it will change your life.

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Summary: Lessons from Morrie...A guide for Life
Review: This book is a short read yet I found myself rereading to remind myself of the many life lessons that it holds within its pages. It reminds us to live life fully and to love each other or perish. Simple yet true phrases you find yourself jotting down as you read this beautifully written story of a student and his Professor.

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Summary: Warm and Endearing
Review: This was a touching book that I read cover-to-cover. It is not a mushy story, but tears came to my eyes occassionally, because everyone will recognize the truth in Morrie's knowledge. Hopefully, everyone who reads it will take the words to heart and learn to live before they have to learn to die.

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Summary: Tuesday with Morrie
Review: I finally purchasing the audio version of the book on a whim. I feel lucky for listening to the audio version instead of reading the book. I heard from the author himself (Mitch) and Morrie. I could hear in Mitchs' voice what words could never portray. It amazed me how these men were so honest and candid about everything.I hope Mitch realizes that we are all not as blessed as he was with such a teacher and friend.

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Summary: THe Meaning of Life
Review: This thesis of a man in search of the meaning of life truly reflects the inadequacies of mankind even in this age when anything is possible. The only thing we can't do is to prevent dying. Everyone will go through it but no one actually knows what it is like until it strikes you. This book gives you a good insight into the thoughts of a dying man, of what a living man should do before dying. Many of us, like the author, are caught up with the paper chase,i.e. certificates, money, share options, title deeds etc. We lose focus in life. We all are made to believe that material wealth results in true happiness because EVERYONE thinks it's true, there's no reason to believe otherwise. THe sad truth is that once we achieve the level of material wealth we set out to obtain, we never believe that we have got there. There is always that "something more" we need to get to bring us a step nearer to happiness. MOre often than not, we do not find happiness because we lose focus on the more importance ingredients that make up happiness. Such as love.

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Summary: "When you're in bed, you're dead."
Review: "He(Morrie)took a breath, then added his mantra: 'Love each other or die.'" There are only a few people in this world who understand life and the people in it, and Morrie Schwartz was one of them. This book makes you take a whole new look at yourself and the world in which you live. It makes you laugh and it makes you cry. You learn to love a man you never knew, you begin to understand the same way Mitch Albom did. This is a man who gave more to life than just a teaching career, he gave meaning and wisdom to all those around him. I believe everyone should read this book(and this is coming from someone who doesn't really care to read.). It gives you hope and a whole new out look on life. You can learn so much from this man. This is not a book to pass up.

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Summary: Book Hit Home
Review: Fortuitous. I could not help thinking of an old (departed) friend as I read Tuesdays with Morrie. A mentor to many outdoors women and men. A common man, knowledgeable with a gift for beautiful, expressive prose. Not one to give up hope from prostrate cancer. "Things will be better," he said as he was helped down a short trail to the river. Comfortably posited in a canoe, he was paddled back in time. His last trip. Six months later he died. The best years of his life were the early decades of the 20th Century. He lived in the wilds of the Adirondack mountains with "Friend Noah," the hermit of Cold River Flow. Richard Smith's years are chronicled in a warm and well-received book entitled LIFE WITH NOAH. The author did an outstanding job. The book could be a movie. A spiritual testimony that carries a special message to women and men that friends are special treasures never to be forgotten.

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Summary: Good review on Life
Review: I barely watched the latter end of "Tuesdays With Morrie" that aired on NBC a couple of weeks ago and knew immediately that I wanted to read the book. Fortunately I was not disappointed in my expectations of the book. It made very easy reading and I was done with it in a couple of hours. The professor does a good job of reiterating the good lessons in life while stating it in a very simple way. These are lessons that we find in the manual for Life, the Bible. However, the fact that someone who was facing death is emphasizing these same messages makes it even more real. He definitely helps to sum up the whole meaning of life. You must read this book!

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Summary: Simple Truths, Beautifully Understated
Review: I enjoyed this book, but I can also understand why some reviewers dislike it. I think it has to do with expectations. This is a "philosophy of life" book, but if you expect it to be a sort of intellectual sparring match between the dying Morrie and his former student Mitch, you will likely find it "trite." No, there are no complex mental logistics here, nor are there many references to other great philosophers of life (although Morrie makes loose references to insights from Buddhism, and various friends and just a few authors). The truisms are simply stated -- understated really. (Example: Morrie states that one of the most important ingredients for a successful marriage is believing in the importance of your marriage.) This is the type of observation that already tells us what we know, but the truth is that most of us do need to be *reminded* of what we know in our hearts. That's what this book does. It is the type of book that you read through quickly, but like to leave on an endtable or such place so you can refer to it on occasion. It is not the type of book that you use for a thesis comparing Morrie's views to those of Plato and others.