Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir written by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz as he succumbed to ALS. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Sellers List for 23 weeks in a row in 2000, and it remained on the list for more than four years after that. Tuesdays with Morrie was the best-selling memoir of all time in 2006.

Albom is a successful sports journalist for the Detroit Free Press in 1995. Albom calls his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz after watching him on Nightline and is encouraged to meet him in Massachusetts. Albom can visit Schwartz every week, on Tuesdays, thanks to a coincidence newspaper strike. The book describes each of Albom's fourteen trips to Schwartz, augmented with Schwartz's lectures and life experiences, and interwoven with flashbacks and references to current events.

Morrie's final days are spent teaching his former student Mitch his final life lesson after being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The story is broken over 14 "days" that Mitch Albom spent with his professor Morrie. Throughout these days, Mitch and Morrie talk about a variety of issues relevant to life and living. Mitch's memories of Morrie as a lecturer are also recounted in the novel.

Detailed information:

Author: Mitch Albom
Language: English
Genre: Biographical, Philosophical novel, Memoir

Link to read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6900