Reviews

" Mitch Albom ' s book is a gift to mankind. " -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
" A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul. " -- Los Angeles Times
" An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend. " -- Tampa Tribune
" An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death. " --The Boston Globe
" This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow. " --Amy Tan
" Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love. " --Rabbi Harold Kushner
" One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people ' s hearts over time. " --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
" The book is an incredible treasure. " --Bernie Siegel, M.D.

" Mitch Albom' s book is a gift to mankind." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
" A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul." --"Los Angeles Times"
" An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend." --"Tampa Tribune"
" An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death." "--The Boston Globe"
" This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow." --Amy Tan
" Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love." --Rabbi Harold Kushner
" One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people' s hearts over time." "--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
" The book is an incredible treasure." --Bernie Siegel, M.D.

"Mitch Albom's book is a gift to mankind." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul." --"Los Angeles Times"
"An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend." --"Tampa Tribune"
"An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death." "--The Boston Globe"
"This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow." --Amy Tan
"Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love." --Rabbi Harold Kushner
"One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people's hearts over time." "--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"The book is an incredible treasure." --Bernie Siegel, M.D.

As a student at Brandeis University in the late 1970s, Albom was especially drawn to his sociology professor, Morris Schwartz. On graduation he vowed to keep in touch with him, which he failed to do until 1994, when he saw a segment about Schwartz on the TV program Nightline, and learned that he had just been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. By then a sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press and author of six books, including Fab Five, Albom was idled by the newspaper strike in the Motor City and so had the opportunity to visit Schwartz in Boston every week until the older man died. Their dialogue is the subject of this moving book in which Schwartz discourses on life, self-pity, regrets, aging, love and death, offering aphorisms about each‘e.g., "After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left." Far from being awash in sentiment, the dying man retains a firm grasp on reality. An emotionally rich book and a deeply affecting memorial to a wise mentor, who was 79 when hedied in 1995. (Sept.)

" Mitch Albom ' s book is a gift to mankind. " -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
" A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul. " -- Los Angeles Times
" An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend. " -- Tampa Tribune
" An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death. " --The Boston Globe
" This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow. " --Amy Tan
" Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love. " --Rabbi Harold Kushner
" One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people ' s hearts over time. " --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
" The book is an incredible treasure. " --Bernie Siegel, M.D.
" Mitch Albom' s book is a gift to mankind." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
" A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul." --"Los Angeles Times"
" An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend." --"Tampa Tribune"
" An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death." "--The Boston Globe"
" This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow." --Amy Tan
" Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love." --Rabbi Harold Kushner
" One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people' s hearts over time." "--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
" The book is an incredible treasure." --Bernie Siegel, M.D.
"Mitch Albom's book is a gift to mankind." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul." --"Los Angeles Times"
"An elegantly simple story about a writer getting a second chance to discover life through the death of a friend." --"Tampa Tribune"
"An extraordinary contribution to the literature of death." "--The Boston Globe"
"This is a true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow." --Amy Tan
"Every page of this beautiful, moving little book shines with the warmth of unembarrassed love." --Rabbi Harold Kushner
"One of those books that kind of sneaked up and grabbed people's hearts over time." "--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"The book is an incredible treasure." --Bernie Siegel, M.D.