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, and 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 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Morrie visited 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. This is a chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

As wishlisttag for J4shaw :-) hope you enjoy this one ( a great book )

This has arrived safely in Northern Territory Australia.
Thanks for the Tag rodespringbal

I picked this book out thinking it was fiction, and finished it confident that it was not.
It is a work of non-fiction that chronicles Albom's time spent with his old professor.
I really enjoyed this. It is written so very beautifully that you can feel the love and respect ooze from the pages.
I look forward to trying out some of this author's fiction, and have added his debut novel "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" to my Wishlist.

Placed this one in the hands of my other half who is flying from Melbourne (Australia) to Honolulu (Hawaii, USA) and staying there overnight.
He's accepted the mission to take a little package for a Honolulu BookCrosser for me.
Let's see if it's "mission accomplished" or "epic fail"!

I see this one has been released twice unread by Hyphen8..maybe it's time to read it??

This book arrived in Honolulu today via special courier (please thank him for me) in a very Australian package!

J4shaw, thank you for thinking of me. It may indeed be time for me to give this book a shot.

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Other copies on my BookCrossing shelf: 6709000 • 9867337 • 14860917

Note to self: when it is time to release this book, release somewhere else besides CUC Thrift Shop - they've gotten two copies from me already! :)

I was hoping to read this book, eventually, but I need to downsize drastically so it will be looking for a new reader. Happy travels, book!

Donated to the Friends of the Library.

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