From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper-a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours. The man who became Father Time.
What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In the non-fiction follow up to Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight year journey between two worlds – two men, two faiths, two communities – that will inspire readers everywhere.
Chosen by Oprah.com as the best nonfiction book of 2009
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Mitch Albom is the author of two sports non-fiction bestsellers and four collections of his newspaper columns at the Detroit Free Press.
"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It might be strange to start a story with an ending. But all ending are beginnings. We just don't know it at the time..."
From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.
“This is a story about a family and, as there is a ghost involved, you might call it a ghost story. But every family is a ghost story. The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.”
Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.
For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?
"The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves. The class met on Tuesdays. It began after breakfast. The subject was The Meaning of Life. It was taught from experience... Although no final exam was given, you were expected to produce one long paper on what was learned. That paper is presented here. The last class of my old professor's life had only one student. I was the student."
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.
Mitch Albom greatly values his international community, and wanted to make the site more accessible to foreign language-speaking visitors. We've translated some of the site's content into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and German; we will continue to add translated content when available.
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Read notes from Mitch about what inspired him to write each of his books:
for Have a Little Faith available in the Reading Group Central and Teacher's Corner sections of the website
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Click here for sermon guides and sample sermons
