Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 08/18/1997
ISBN: 9780385484510
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.44h x 5.28w x 0.80d
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/1997 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 06/30/1997 pg. 60
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/1997 pg. 993
New York Times 11/23/1997 pg. 20
Library Journal 05/15/1997
Newsweek 03/16/2009 pg. 56

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 35585 / Tuesdays with Morrie
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5