At Mitch’s graduation he introduces Morrie to his parents and promises that he will stay in touch with him. For Mitch, Morrie was an admiration, a friend and a father figure. Morrie was Mitch’s favourite teacher and mentor who taught social psychology at Brandies University and Mitch Albom starts this story in 1979, when he was a student. Morrie instead of wailing over his ailing health decided to make his death his final project – a human textbook. Doctors believed that Morrie could survive to a maximum of two years. In 1994 Morrie was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also called as Lou Gehrig’s disease which is an illness of the neurological system, which has no cure and leaves human body disabled and unable to move, starting from the legs and slowly moving upwards until it paralyses the whole body. This book is based on the true story of Morrie, who was the favourite teacher of Mitch. The book was listed by New York Times as a Non-Fiction Bestseller in the year 2000. This novel is a memoir of Mitch Albom, based on the life reflections of a dying man – Prof Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor. A good start for beginners.The book Tuesdays with Morrie has been written by American author Mitch Albom, and was first published in 1997. There are times while reading this book, as a reader, you are being preached a bit more than required, but I guess that is one aspect all self help books suffer from.Īll in all, decent stuff to read, and in a language which is pretty easy. During the course of these Tuesday’s, the author and Morrie discuss various facets of life, ranging from those of the world to those of personal nature.Īll in all, this book puts into words all the things we are thinking about but not really bring out in the open for discussion and consumption. He does so by visiting his professor on a single Tuesday but ends up continuing this process over a period of 14 such ones. The author, all of sudden is rendered workless due to a strike, and hence are born the circumstantial conditions for his visits to his professor’s house.
The author of book, through a TV show, discovers how is former professor is dying from an ailment named ALS. The book during its course covers most aspects of life and the views of the dying professor are offered on these. The book is a simple narrative between a dying professor, Morrie Schwartz, and his student, Mitch Albom.
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