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Title: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom ISBN: 0385484518 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41
Rating: 5
Summary: A Class Worth Retaking
Comment: Tuesdays With Morrie is a deeply moving story about everlasting friendship, enlightenment, and the pleasures of life. Mitch Albom shares his experiences and lessons he endured with his dear friend and mentor, Morrie Schwartz. After a number of sociology courses and weekly meetings at Brandeis University, their student-teacher relationship evolved into one with a mutual sense of admiration for one another. Morrie was able to give Mitch a greater understanding of the world and human interaction. Twenty years later, although Mitch was a successful sports writer, dissatisfactions with his life revealed that perhaps he had forgotten everything he had learned. It wasn't until a chance viewing of Morrie on Nightline that the two were able to rekindle their friendship. Although Morrie Schwarz was now seventy eight years old and dying of ASL (Lou Gehrig's disease), he appeared to be happy, having lived a rich life.
Meeting on Tuesdays once again, they laughed, chatted, and reminisced. Mitch was given another opportunity to enhance his life with fourteen final lessons from Morrie. Perhaps one of Morrie's greatest lessons was that "death ends a life, not a relationship (pg. 174)." Reawakening Mitch to the aspects of life that matter most, Morrie's heartfelt insight touched me as well.
Mitch's final lessons with Morrie are a lesson for all. An essential guide for understanding the world's complexities and living life to it's fullest, there is much to be learned. I picked it up on a Sunday morning and read it in one sitting, savoring every last word of Morrie's wisdom. I would give Mitch an A for this indispensable read and praise Morrie for his exceptional teachings.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pure Inspiration
Comment: The summer after my high school graduation I was wondering why I felt as though something was missing. My view of life had become that of Mitch's, fast paced. In my rush to go on my senior trip and off to college I had forgotten the true meaning of family and friendship. Before leaving for school a dear friend gave me this book. As I began reading, I could not stop. Tuesdays With Morrie portrays the true meaning of life in such clarity that made me want to reach out to people (family and friends) of whom I had not been as close to as I would have liked. This book taught me to open my heart to people I hold dear and to consider dear my 'enemies' as well. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, you truly only need to love and to allow yourself to be loved. When ever I feel as though I'm losing touch with the importance of my life, I begin to read this book. Immediately after putting the book down I alway want to call my parents. They are the people closest to me and they are also the people who have made me and will continue to make me who I am yet to become (like Morrie and his father, mother, and step-mother). I do however find it a shame that Morrie did infact die, yet he made his death our inspiration. The lessons taught in this book are beautiful and I hope his book continues to guide me in my trying times. Allow it to guide you through your life, and pass on the book to a loved one.
Rating: 4
Summary: Eat Your Heart Out Jack Kevorkian
Comment: "Tuesdays With Morrie" has hovered high on the bestseller's list since shortly after the Ice Age so current reviews are probably futile exercises, but just in case I'm not the last person on earth to read it, I'll offer my two cents worth.
On first thought the story of weekly visits to a gentleman dying of a degenerative disease does not sound like a terribly uplifting plot. Yet, this short work recounting the final months of Morrie Schwartz is an exhilarating tribute to the sanctity of life. The euphemism "dying with dignity" has become a modern day substitute for "let's pull Grandma's plug before she uses up all our inheritance." Morrie, in his losing battle to the ravishing illness named for Lou Gehrig, received the loving care, warmth, and encouragement of family, friends, and colleagues right up to the natural end. This respectful treatment may have violated every tenant of the specious bromide, but it afforded him a true death with dignity. Furthermore, Mr. Schwartz' homebound last chapter allowed him to "live with dignity." While being the recipient of tender support and dedication, he was able to impart courage and wisdom and be a beacon of inspiration to all who interacted with him.
It's hard for a book that's achieved such a stellar reputation to live up to its expectations, but Mitch Albom's posthumous love letter to his favorite professor does not disappoint. Hopefully, it may even provide readers the impetus to contact that person who is long overdue for a call or a letter.
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Title: Morrie: In His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz, Paul Solman ISBN: 0385318790 Publisher: Dell Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Tuesdays With Morrie ISBN: B00005QATX Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Morrie: Lessons on Living ISBN: 6305692858 Publisher: Disney Studios Pub. Date: 30 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason ISBN: 0451165209 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt ISBN: 068484267X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 25 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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