Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn'... (show more)
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?
Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world. (show less)
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An inspiring true story about life until death. This book, small and easily digested, is on the whole sincere, and skillful. Together, Mitch Albom ... (show more)
An inspiring true story about life until death. This book, small and easily digested, is on the whole sincere, and skillful. Together, Mitch Albom and his old college professor, Morrie Schwartz talk about death, regrets, money, family, culture, forgiveness, and all. An unforgettable and inspirational read! (show less)
How do you write a bad review on a book about a dying man, & a narrator who’s on the brink of a mid-life crisis without sounding like a complete as... (show more)
How do you write a bad review on a book about a dying man, & a narrator who’s on the brink of a mid-life crisis without sounding like a complete asshole? Oh well: You know how people always talk about the book being better than the movie? Well then I’m sure the man himself, was much better than the book about his death. Unless you yourself are dying, or on the verge of a mid-life crisis (or you want to provoke one) stay away from this book, or you very well might feel like you are. A complete and total bummer. Everything that Morrie says in this book can probably be condensed down into one short chapter, everything else consists mostly of horribly depressing reflections made by the narrator. Here’s a bit where the narrator is waiting to speak with the dying man: “I read the newspaper that was lying on the table. Two Minnesota children had shot each other playing with their fathers’ guns. A baby had been found buried in a garbage can in an alley in Los Angeles” (182). The rest of the book is really just as chipper. Then, there’s the quality of the prose itself: “Morrie waited on those kisses like a puppy waits on milk…” (76). Really? That simile made it through the first draft? So if one of your friends comes to you with this book & a crazy look in their eye telling you about how you’ve just got to read this book, you don’t. You really don’t. (show less)
I first read this book when I was about 13 or 14, and I thought it was the most heart-wrenching philosophical piece of writing I’d ever read. Of course, at that age, it probably was. And it is an endearing story, it is about a wholly good man, and his student who comes to realize that maybe somethings are more important in life than work and money. It’s just that, the majority of thoughtful people out there already knew that. Re-reading this story again at age 21, I find that its very basic, ... (show more)
I first read this book when I was about 13 or 14, and I thought it was the most heart-wrenching philosophical piece of writing I’d ever read. Of course, at that age, it probably was. And it is an endearing story, it is about a wholly good man, and his student who comes to realize that maybe somethings are more important in life than work and money. It’s just that, the majority of thoughtful people out there already knew that. Re-reading this story again at age 21, I find that its very basic, it is essentially a story about a man promoting ‘great’ everyday philosophies, but to me they are all very obvious, and not very deeply explored. There are some nice analogies, like a person as a wave that is going to crash into a rock and cease to be a wave, but it always part of the ocean. However when I say ‘nice’ I don’t mean ‘relevant to anything’ and I certainly don’t mean ‘true’. I read a review by someone who said a person might find this book ‘deep’ if they are inclined to spend all their reading time with their heads buried in Heat magazine, and I have to say I quite agree.
I must admit the book contains a gem of a scene, especially as its true – and it is probably the best segment of the entire book. It is a tiny snippet from a game where a crowd are chanting 'We're number 1! We're number 1' and Morrie stands up and shouts over them all, 'Whats wrong with being number 2?' It’s a very obvious thing, but I think it is more relevant to the culture of developing humans as a whole than we tend to think – in this day and age, we don’t always need to be number 1. Of course you could go down the route of natural selection and develop what would essentially be a very simple argument on either side, but this book unfortunately doesn’t accommodate such ‘depth’.
Much of what Morrie says is idealistic and the kind of thing to be read once by the masses and then forgotten. I’d be surprised if anyone classed this as a book which changed their lives. Concepts such as experiencing an emotion and then putting it to one side – that’s a nice idea Morrie and maybe you could do it, but unfortunately a person’s character and psychology has a lot to do with such things too. While the story is endearing in how wholly good it is, I think it is in parts a little alienating because most people just don’t actively work in wholly good ways. At the end of it all, I’d suggest reading it for a light-hearted feel-good result, but don’t expect too much. I personally wouldn’t classify it within the Philosophical genre it seems to get listed under. (show less)
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Between 18 and 22 year old, I worked in a geriatric hospital. I was just a medical assistant having to take care of 32 patients with two of my colleagues. I learned multiple things: (1) have friends of various ages, (2) pay attention to elderly people as you will pay attention to children, (3) keep their body, mind, and mental alert and healthy, (4) give them a sense of purpose in life by interacting them with children and people of various ages.
As a nation, we must take care of our elde... (show more)
Between 18 and 22 year old, I worked in a geriatric hospital. I was just a medical assistant having to take care of 32 patients with two of my colleagues. I learned multiple things: (1) have friends of various ages, (2) pay attention to elderly people as you will pay attention to children, (3) keep their body, mind, and mental alert and healthy, (4) give them a sense of purpose in life by interacting them with children and people of various ages.
As a nation, we must take care of our elderly community as well as our children. We learn from each other and this cannot be diminished. To become valuable human beings we must work as volunteers to assist people in difficulty, such as geriatry, abused women, cancer patients, homeless persons, etc. By doing so, we develop empathy and compassion and we are able to reach a more loving society.
We must thank Obama for putting healthcare (including the so important topic of cancer) and education in the forefront of the US battles. It is not about communism or socialism. It is about the basic respect of human life. Thank you Obama. Thank you Lance for lobbying so hard towards cancer research. (show less)
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Easy reading and made me stop and think about life and its meaning. I loved it.
Desiree Collazo 13 days agoIt is a book within a book. Small and easy to read; written so close to the heart and soul.
A lot of questions-in-life were raised in Tuesdays with Morrie. Inspiring and definitely worth reading.
And when Mitch finally shed his tears, as did I.
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Facebook-gebruiker 19 days agoReading the reviews
So I was paging through the reviews on the book page and I was really surprised to see people saying that this was just a 'cliche' book that was n't worth reading. I felt that this book encouraged me to question a lot of things about life in general and for that reason alone it is worth reading.
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