Inspirational and deeply emotional

Tuesdays with Morrie (1991)
Albom, Mitch
Nonfiction
5/5 Stars

     Tuesdays with Morrie is a true story about Mitch Albom, and his collage professor Morrie Schwartz. When Albom was in his sociology class they would meet every Tuesday and talk about life, his thesis papers he is writing in collage, and just about anything that they could think of. Albom promised Morrie that when he graduates and goes off to his new life he would not forget his old sociology professor. When Albom graduated he moved away from Brandies University, and got a job as a journalist. Though he truly never forgot about his friend Morrie he was busy in his own life with his job, and family that he never had time to go visit. When Albom was watching television one night and saw Morrie on "Nightline", and he then remember his promise to come and visit, so he calls up his old professor and they schedule a date for him to come down and visit, the next Tuesday. Albom comes down to see him to discover that Morrie has developed Lou Gehrig's disease and he was slowly dying. Albom then made a promise that he would come whenever he could, and he did come every Tuesday he had time he came, and they picked up their old conversations just as they had left them. They talked about love, marriage, life, happiness, and death. A professor and his student.

     One theme that is mainly what Mitch Albom was writing about and what Morrie wanted Albom to understand the most was something that Morrie's Favorite author, W. H. Auden had stated best "love each other or perish". He taught Albom about all the things he had learned in life and what he wanted people to gain from, but he wanted mostly for people to know that.

     The narrator of this book is first person from Mitch Albom's prospective about all of the conversations that went between them. He has a style that will make you want to keep reading but is more mature and defiantly more of a sad read because of the story. Albom makes you really understand the characters, and you feel like you have known them your whole life which makes the book very interesting and indulging.

     The audience ment to read this book is defiantly adult. This is not a book that most teenager would enjoy, but I enjoyed it all the same. The story is true, and it can get rather dull at parts, but other times you never want to put it down because it is such an enticing story. The story is a very serious dramatic read that gets emotional at times because Albom talks about everything in so much depth, so there is no holding back on his stories.

     I would recommend this book to anyone who was willing to take is seriously, and actually read it. The seriousness of it all would make it hard for someone to ready that was not a very deep emotional person. If you enjoy life lesson books, and learning when you read this would honestly be the best book for you. Publishers Weekly wrote: "An emotionally rich book and a deeply affecting memorial".