Tuesdays With Morrie: A Book Review
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Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom

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For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to look those people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe even resume the mentorship?
Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kind professor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie's final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Kudos to author and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling this universally touching story with such grace and humility.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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The first time I held my fingertips in every pages of this book, it just can't stop me for reading for some more. It is truly has a lot of surprises and words of wisdom that you can really be inspired to live life all over again!
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops...-Henry Adams”
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Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLove it! Great read.
renjao says:
I love this book, one of my fave Morrie's aphorisms is, "Learn to detach...Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent..."
Most of us have a tendency to hold back on our emotions, can’t let ourselves go all the way through them- too busy being afraid, afraid of the pain, afraid of the grief- but I learned that embracing your emotions and allowing yourself to dive in makes the detachment easier!- Simply Feel it fully, then detach, welcome these emotions and detach, embrace yourself with them then detach…then detach…then detach
Posted February 09, 2012
AnzE02 says:
I really love this book this is the first book that I've read I never been a fan of reading but when I started reading this I do love to read more.
Posted January 10, 2012
john says:
this is a sad and touching book and you can't help but cry when Morrie dies.
Posted December 12, 2011
ailyn says:
It totally changed my personality, i love reading this book, i hope everyone will read it too .. :))
Posted November 27, 2011
manlalakbay says:
I love reading it over and over again. It really inspires me after I read it. :)
Posted November 26, 2011
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Suzanna says:
It was good. Some parts were difficult to pull through though. More of a quick read to me (:
Posted October 05, 2011
markLMFAO says:
so inspiring..... :>
Posted October 04, 2011
markLMFAO says:
duh..Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Posted October 04, 2011
santo says:
a stupid preachy book
Posted November 25, 2010
AntiRand says:
Terrible, mal, mauvais!
To quote a fellow goodreads reviewer: "less natural and sweeter than saccharin"
Posted March 07, 2010
Rate it, if you dare...
The best line ever:
The tension of opposite? Life is a series of back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted...
All About the Author
Mitch Albom is a bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction, a newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press and a radio host and TV commentator.Albom wrote Tuesdays With Morrie in 1997, a memoir of his favorite college professor, Morrie Schwartz, compiled from Albom's meetings with Morrie on Tuesdays during his fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). After being featured prominently on Oprah Winfrey's show, the book became a New York Times best-seller. Oprah Winfrey produced a television movie adaptation for ABC, starring Hank Azaria as Albom and Jack Lemmon as Morrie. It was the most-watched TV movie of 1999 and won four Emmy Awards.
He lives with his wife, Janine in Michigan.
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Best Tuesdays With Morrie Quote
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.
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Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.
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The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.
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So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-sleep, even they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.
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Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too- even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.
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There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I'm so angry and bitter. But it doesn't too long. Then I get up and say, 'I want to live....'
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Visit Mitch Albom's Official Website Below
Once asked by one of his avid reader from Jordan where did he get his inspiration to write such stories...
He simply says...
For TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
Well, my inspiration tends to come from people I know. For example, obviously, Morrie and his unique personality - and unique approach to dying - was the inspiration for "Tuesdays with Morrie" along with the need to pay his medical bills.
For FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
The inspiration for "Five People" was my real uncle Eddie, who was much like the character in the book, a man who felt he didn't matter in life. I wanted to write a story in which Eddie got to know, in heaven, that he did matter here on earth - much as I would like my real uncle Eddie, wherever he is now in heaven, to experience that.
and her latest FOR ONE MORE DAY
The inspiration for "For One More Day" came, again, from a real person, my mother, who stood up for me all my life, even when I didn't always stand up for her. I have imagined what life will be like when she is no longer here, and I know I will want another day with her. That feeling became the ground floor of that book.
His advice for all the aspiring writers:
It's a little derivative of the idea "Write what you know" which they always tell you when you begin to do fiction. I'm not so much writing what I know - after all, I don't know amusement parks or heaven - but I am writing WHO I know. And that gives me a comfort to move ahead with my stories.
excerpt from Ask Mitch
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Postscript of utmost importance

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AnzE02
Jan 10, 2012 @ 9:40 pm | delete
- both the tuesdays with morrie and 5 people in heave I have books. I really love reading them.
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Plethora_Reader
Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:13 pm | delete
- Thanks for sharing information and your thoughts on this book. Had been a tentative on my reading list for a little while now, time to move to certain line-up book.
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manlalakbay
Nov 26, 2011 @ 3:30 pm | delete
- I just don't like it but so love it! =) Keep it up Mitch!
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faykam69
Nov 19, 2011 @ 4:54 am | delete
- nice topic i enjoyed it reading
keep it up
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Bookworm25
Oct 2, 2011 @ 11:47 am | delete
- I have yet to read it although it is on my very long 'to read' list. I have added this as a featured lens in my library. Great personal review.
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