Tuesday With Morrie is a wonderful book. It sits by my bedside and I constantly pick it up and reread a chapter or two upon going to bed at night. My husband read it and Morrie inspired him to change his life. He wanted to be more like Morrie. A book that helped him do this and continues to is Why Men Die Before Women and How to Prevent It. Read both of these books.

As a class we read the book Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Tuesdays with Morrie is an incredible novel about a professor who becomes very ill and happens to connect with Mitch Albom an old student of Morrie's when Mitch found out Morrie was ill. Mitch is an average working man who is very involved with his work and gets wrapped up in things that dont really matter in life. In this book you learn a lot about yourself and the courage and bravery behind death. By reading this book you realize what matters in life and how important family and friends actually are. Its not about money and the nicest cars its about love and happiness. After reading this book I had a whole new outlook on life. Also you begin to notice what happens now wont effect you in the future.
I suggest this book for anybody who is looking for a good read, or anybody that needs that extra push when they are in a time of need. This book opens up a lot of doors for many different people and I hope that this book has the same affect on people as it did on me.
Enjoy :)

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
This is one of the best books I have ever read. I read this as part of a college assignment. It was one of the best assignments ever. This book taught the class so much about living life, and living it to the fullest. If you are facing difficult times in your life, this is a MUST READ. Perhaps someone you know is facing family sickness, or having a difficult time with family relationships -- if so, this is a great book to help overcome those problems. It will help you focus your energy into something more positive, therefore not wasting it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Morrie was mentally strong, though he suffered from the terminal disease, ALS(=amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), I'd say. He was eager to tell the meaning of life to his ex-student, Mitch Albom, who is also the author of Tuesday's With Morrie. I would only worry about my terminal disease,if I were in Morrie's shoes. I mean, all I could do would be to be apathetic or pessimistic about my future. " The truth is once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." - that'd be the last thing I could say.
Certainly, it WAS sad that Morrie passed away because he was respected by lots of his students and graduates. However, every Tuesday when Morrie told Mitch the meaning of life must be very precious memories for Mitch, that's for sure!

Tuesdays with Morrie was not the greatest story I have ever read, but it was definitely the most inspiring. This book, by Mitch Albom, is a story about two people, both with the same views on life, except one needs help realizing it. The main point of view character is Mitch himself. He is a well known sports writer who's life revolves around his job. The other character, Morrie, is an old professor of Mitch's who he lost touch with who is now dying of ALS. Mitch sees his old professor on TV & decides to visit him after 10 years of no contact. Starting then, Mitch flies to Morrie's house every day just to talk. The book has practically no action & may be boring for some people. Basically the whole story takes place in one room with just two guys talking. But excitement isn't the point of the story. The words that come out of Morrie's mouth are philosophical & inspiring. He speaks words about the meaning of life that are enough to open almost anyones eyes about their main priorities. But not only are his words brilliant, but his actions are even more, & we all know actions speak louder than words. Throughout his whole struggle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis he is positive & brave & not once does he make a pessimistic statement or complain about his state. His body was slowly breaking down, for Christ's sake, & throughout the whole book he hardly let it get to him. His main priorities throughout the whole book were passing his perspectives on to Mitch & visiting with old family & friends to see how they are. If that is not selflessness than I don't know what is. I think that this book is a wonderful read for anyone who needs just a little guidance & probably interesting for anyone else who has life all figured out. It has a much bigger point than a book about someone else's life that is oh so much greater than yours. It's realistic, it's original, & I definitley recommend it.

The phrase "live every day like it's your last" is one that has been recited and repeated for generations; but how many people fully understand its meaning? I myself have to admit that prior to reading Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, I was misinterpreting the famous line. Living like it's your last day doesn't mean traveling to some foreign country to skydive for the first time, or embarking on a scuba-diving trip to meet your fear of sharks face to face; what it does mean, as told in Tuesdays with Morrie, is to let go of regrets, to open up your heart to love, and to value relationships above all.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir narrated by Mitch Albom, who in the opening chapters of the book is a materialistic work-a-holic who neglects to contact his favorite college professor (Morrie Schwartz) for sixteen years. It is not until he stumbles upon a "Nightline" special covering his old professor that Mitch remembers his broken promise. While watching "Nightline," he learns that Morrie has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and does not have long to live. From this moment on, Mitch decides to fly to Morrie's home every Tuesday to talk with him. These meetings become the pair's final "class", and grant Mitch the opportunity to rediscover life. While Morrie's road to death is tragic, his acceptance of death and his teachings generate a strong sense of optimism, as he teaches Mitch the true meanings of love, forgiveness, aging, and--in the end--life.

Although he takes a simple, straight-forward approach, Albom's delivery of the story is sentimental and sophisticated. Tuesdays with Morrie is truly a life-changing story that will teach you about the precious gifts of life and how to avoid missing out on them.

An unforgettable and inspirational read for a lazy afternoon, once you start - hard to stop reading until you finish it - an inspiring true story about Mitch Albom and his old college professor, Morrie Schwartz who is dying of ALS disease. On Fourteen Tuesdays they discuss life, its meanings, and what is important about living and dying. As the disease progresses, Morrie begins to look at life uniquely and shares with Mitch that the thing he's learning most because of having this disease is "...how to give out love, and to let it come in." Each week they discuss profound things that are yet so simple. They discuss the world, regrets, death, family, emotions, the fear of aging, forgiveness...and goodbye. Thru dying, Morrie teaches Mitch how to live.

This book is an absolute treasure and should be read by Everybody!! It teaches things that most people already know, but for some reason do not put into practice in everyday life. This book teaches us to cherish everyone and everything, love and compassion for others is such an important part of life.

This book was recommended to me and I was not disappointed. He is a special man. I wish I had had the pleasure of meeting him. This book gives you a lot to think about and is very inspirational and life changing. I recommend it to all!

Charming memoir done by a student of Morrie, now a famous sports journalist. He rediscovers his professor when he catches the tail end of a broadcast by Ted Koeppel and learns his teacher is dying but Morrie, no ordinary man, is making a study of death. Albom soon finds himself hopping a plane from Detroit to Boston every Tuesday to spend the day with his former professor as the only student in a course entitled "The Meaning of Life." Reads quickly and holds reader interest.

I'm sure you've read many reviews on how touching this book is, and I would say 'to each their own'. But an entire book written about a death-bed conversation can be a bit much for some people. Think of the scene in 'The Empire Strikes Back' when Yoda is dying and speaking his last words to Luke... well now imagine that scene was the content of the entire movie and you get a sense of what it was like to read this book. The first half was touching... Morrie - an old college professor was dying, passing on his words of wisdom to his dear ex-student. Well, by the second half of the book, I just wanted him to pass away so I can finish the book and start another. I'm sorry, some may say this is blasphemy, but how many tear-jerking eye opening last words of wisdom can you really absorb? And to be honest, I can hardly remember what they were after I closed the book.

I don't read a lot for leisure but this book came highly recommended. This book touched me so strongly that I could not put it down until I was finished. I have recommended this book to others and will be buying more copies for gifts.

Tuesday's With Morrie is a masterpiece written by Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom explains what he thought life's greatest lessons were in the book Tuesday's With Morrie. He tells how his life changed once he started meeting with his favorite old college professor, Morrie Schwartz after he realizes Morrie was diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Albom expresses the lessons he was taught in the final class taught by Morrie Schwartz.
Mitch Albom started writing when he became a sports columnist on the Detroit Free Press newspaper. Mitch Albom was a guest on some Detroit radio talk shows that focused on sports. Mitch Albom has also started three charities in the Detroit Area. The three charities include "The Dream Fund" which helps underprivileged children get involved with the arts, "A Time to Help" in which volunteers unite to help out with various projects around Detroit and "S.A.Y. Detroit" which helps fund shelters for the homeless people living in Detroit.
In Tuesday's With Morrie he reveals how his life changed when he revisited his dying professor. Morrie Schwartz was a truly remarkable person. He lived his life the way he wanted to, but still managed to not offend anyone. Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University. Being knowledgeable of sociology, Morrie was able to invent aphorisms while lying in his study when he lost control of his legs due to ALS. These aphorisms are what he would teach Albom plus more. Mitch and Morrie had fourteen sessions together in which they conversed about subjects Mitch had overlooked after graduating from Brandeis University. All the subjects Mitch overlooked were topics that many people in today's society fail to notice.
This book explains many life lessons that people need to be reminded of when living their lives. Mitch Albom would record his sessions with Morrie so the details and quotes in the book are exact. If you can accept that even you have overlooked the subjects covered in Tuesday's with Morrie, this book should become one of your favorites.

Mitch Albom documents the final days of his favorite college professor, Morrie Schwartz. In Tuesdays With Morrie, Albom discusses the acceptance of dying and appreciating loved ones. Morrie poses as both the model of acceptance and a coach to Mitch on life's greatest challenges.
Albom is a former student of Morrie Schwartz. He drifted away from the professor after college. Albom became a journalist. He wrote for various newspapers across the country and got caught up in a materialistic world. Then, Albom saw a Nightline episode where Morrie was being interviewed and decided to reacquaint himself with his old professor.
Morrie Schwartz has ALS, and there is no question that Mitch knows he is going to die. Therefore, the inquisitive Albom asks about dying and other tough questions. All of the points are insightful and important. They connect to the main idea clearly. Morrie often discusses creating a personal sub-culture. He believes that the modern world's culture is materialistic, and those who follow it have their priorities mixed up. In a sub-culture, a person surrounds themselves with loving relationships and creates their own personal values and beliefs. "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." Morrie was making the point that when he found out he has ALS and was going to die, he began to focus on the "essentials" in life. Instead of worrying about his "purchasing power", Morrie spent time with friends and family, and therefore began to learn how to truly live.
Tuesdays With Morrie gives insights into some of life's deepest questions and challenges. There are chapters on the Nightline interviews and stories between the friends demonstrating Morrie's humorous demeanor and lightening the book's mood. The book has numerous examples and stories to explain Morrie's points, with only a few being redundant. The book offers a collaboration of Ablom and Morrie's insights and has an endearing way of presenting them with utter honesty.

I had been given multiple recommendations from friends and family to read this simple, but heartwarming book, and I didn't decide to sit down and read it until recently. The author decided to take his career as a sports writer, and use his writing to tell the words of an inspiring man. Mitch Abom wrote sports highlights in the Detroit Free Press, and tried to write novels about sports instead. After not becoming successful with his first few novels, he decided to try a different type of book.

Tuesdays With Morrie is about Morrie Schwartz, a retired history professor at Brandeis University who is dying of ALS, which is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Diesase. A former student of his named Mitch Albom hadn't seen his old professor in years but he saw the old man on Nightline. Albom decided to visit Morrie. After a few visits, Morrie and Mitch decided to meet every Tuesday to discuss the meaning of life and how to embrace life. More specific things like family and love were discussed and to be honest, hearing a dying man say such things was a little depressing. However, the morals that Morrie taught made me think more about life and how to live it to its fullest. In reading this book (which was a quick read by the way) I learned an interesting viewpoint on life. Considering the fact that the book is about a dying man, you can figure out how it ends, but it surely finishes strong, and with a powerful message. The writing was easy to understand, but at times, the book became tedious and depressing. Overall, the message overweighed the depressing parts of the book.

Tuesdays with Morrie was published ten years ago, yet it was a multiple award winning novel. The story of Morrie Schwartz has been and will continue to be remembered by many.

Tuesdays With Morrie
Danny Cubberly
One could describe Mitch Albom in many ways. He's a good listener, a good student, and an emotionally deep human being. But most importantly, he was the student of someone he described as "a man who loved dancing and having a good time." This man was Morrie Schwartz. Mitch Albom wrote down the lessons that Morrie would talk to him about every Tuesday. Through those inspiring life-lessons came this story that teaches us all to live life to the fullest.
All the lessons in this book were inspirational. Although Morrie was slowly wasting away with only months to live, he never felt depressed about his condition because he knew that this was his time to die. There were several half-page chapters that could be interpreted as meaningless in others, but if one reads between the lines, they can interpret the message being sent by Morrie. For instance, in one chapter, Morrie told Mitch that if he could be any animal, it would be a gazelle because they are "graceful and fast." This message can be interpreted as Morrie wishing that he could still have that energy he possessed before his diagnoses.
This book has several strengths, but with it come a few weaknesses. Anyone who loves tear-jerkers and philosophical books should consider picking up this one-of-a-kind book. This book will make anyone think back and remember that one special person who influenced them the most throughout their life. Still, young people would most likely find this book sappy and dull, as it does not connect with the young, but more with adults and the elderly. Whether it be the healthy or the unhealthy, the young or the old, this book will convince anyone that life is something that we need to love because it is all we have. As Morrie's most famous quote says: "When you learn how to die, you learn how to live."

In this short and sweet book, a dying man tells his student and all of us what really matters in life. It is not about fame, fortune, material things, but love, family, and friends. For those of us who have experienced a dying person in our midst, it really shows what matters in life. I was really touched by this book. Morrie Schwartz lives on in this book by his lessons to the living.

I really recommend this book to anyone who will experience death. That means most of us, unless you are not mortal. Morrie teaches the living about what really matters in life.

This would be one book that is must read for all educators or anyone that has been influenced in a positive way by an educator. It is one of my all-time favorites.

This book is an easy read that is a must for your home library. It sheds insight and wisdom that we can all relate to our lives.

I think this book is perfect for anyone who has lost the life of someone dear to them or is in the process of losing someone. As you read the story you degenerate alongside Morrie, an older gentlemen who is dying of a disease which is slowly depriving him of everything in his life he enjoys. But as the story progresses and you learn more of Morrie you begin to understand that despite this he finds a way to move on with his life and still enjoy what little he has left.

It's somewhat strange that in our culture where we are so driven by materialistic means and the lives of a pseudo class of celebrities that something as wonderful as this book can come into play and shake us back to our core selves. You won't walk away from this book happy, it's not a book like that. But you will definitely feel glad you read the book.

The only downside to the book is, while this probably doesn't sound politically correct, I felt like the author's motivations for seeing Morrie seemed more so for the sake of getting a story out of him than for seeming him for the purposes of just visiting an old friend. Perhaps this was the author's intent, however, because he makes it clear that from the start he didn't visit or even remember Morrie very much and you get the feeling that as it progresses perhaps some of this selfish desire to fulfill a story is replaced with genuine caring but it still left me unnerved.

Regardless of the intent of the author, the book is a wonderful gem that is definitely worth reading. I highly suggest you put aside a Sunday, sit down, and read this.

I am a high school teacher, and I teach many reluctant readers. I bought this audio book to play to my students during class, which didn't take long. The book is loadede with literary devices, figurative language, and all kinds of things that I must teach in my curriculum. My students love it. It has a good lesson behind it, and very few offensive words are used in the book. Mitch Albom's voice is very appealing for reluctant listeners, too.
I highly recommend this activity to any teacher looking for something for their own students. There are tons of activities online to accompany this book as well.

This book was so much more than i expected. Mitch Albom portrayed Morrie absolutely beautifully. This story was touching seeing an old student reunited with an influential professor. The lessons Morrie teaches are unforgettable and can adapted to any person in any life. The book almost offers a guidance through your life and through the past. In the present it helps to make you see the world in completely different light. The book opens your eyes to a world that is completely beautiful and less harsh than the world that appears. In the past it offers a look back an evaluation of events. For me this book gave closure to many life situations that i know i will face. This was absolutely an epic book that will forever be remembered by those who read it.

The simple angle of the book made it a joy to read. As it states on the cover- two men and lifes great lesson. Tuesdays with Morrie takes the reader on a journey of one mans life which is affected by another from his glorious youthful past. Without sharing the book online I would say to any reader who wishes to 'feel' a book, buy this. It makes you think of so much more then the actual book itself and has the gift of creating your own state of mind. A great read and since then I have read more books from Mitch Album, all of which I have loved. Wonderful.

This book is probably beneficial for careerists too absorbed in an objective-oriented, material world to value the other aspects of life, especially being a testimony from one of their own. As an instrument of social change, 3 stars.

But it is essentially useless to anyone else with a pre-existing and healthy skepticism of human nature, activity, and group functioning. For this, no stars.

More points off for cheesy melodrama, giving a grand total of 1 star.

Morrie is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease also known as ALS and his student Mitch, the author of this book has come back to spend quality time with him after 16 years spent in the business world. "Tuesday mornings" is their time together and Morrie, though paralyzed and gasping for every breath, is imparting knowledge till the end.
This highlights the important things in life and will certainly inspire any that read it.

Intermediate (not basic, nor advanced) lessons in life and death encapsulated in a well written Novel.

Written by Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie tells about the author's relationship with Morrie Schwartz, his favorite college professor. After maintaining a close relationship with Morrie throughout college, Mitch graduates and then fails to keep in touch. In fact, Mitch forgets all about his professor until he sees him on Nightline one night. Turns out, Morrie's got Lou Gherig's disease, and he's dying. BUT he's dying with grace and fullness. He's filling his last days with friends, family, good food, the things he loves. He's seizing this opportunity to say his goodbyes and leave people with good memories of him.

Stricken, Mitch contacts Morrie and arranges a visit. Mitch makes a list of all of his big fears/questions. Then, he uses Morrie's unique perspective on life and death to illuminate these issues.

Morrie's outlook is refreshing, true, and rare. He tells us all the things we really already know, but forget. He reminds us that all those trite sayings about family and love being everything really are true. He admonishes us to value people over all else.

A quick, uplifting read.

I enjoyed this book tremendously. Kudos to the author for being strong enough to endure and record the final season of the life of his "Coach". It was nice to have been introduced to Morrie. I already recognize the importance of legacy and that we should stop and smell the flowers before we die, but if ever I can't verbally relate this message to someone else...I will recommend this book as a priority for them to read.

The Tuesday conversational topics included: The world, feeling sorry for self, regrets, death, family, emotions, fear of aging, money, love goes on, marriage, culture, forgiveness, the perfect day, saying good-bye.

An excellent tribute!

I don't see why people like this book so much. Morrie's sayings aren't exactly mind blowing.

I think I can honestly say that there is not a sentence in this book that doesn't have a deeper meaning or a lesson to teach you, or remind you off. The story itself if beautiful, and simple, but its simplicity is exactly what make's it a masterpiece. I recommend this book to everyone, and yet I don't know a person that didn't love it.


It's an abs lout MUST read, and can be a good reminder in a fast phased world of what really is important.

(I shop a lot on Amazon, but this is my first review I just had to put it out there)

If you don't have this book, you are missing one of the truely "life changing" books you'll ever read; and re-read again and again. I have dog-eared and highlighted my copy extensively, bet you will too.

If you have lived your life without ever thinking about what is important to you... perhaps this book will make you think. For those who have an inkling about their values and priorities, and already enjoy mindfulness in life, I would say not to bother with this book. There is no new 'wisdom,' no insights. Even the relationship between the main characters would be wholly unremarkable - were it between women. If the book had been written with female characters, I don't think it would have attracted any notice whatsoever. The book can have one star, as it is an easy read, good for those with unsophisticated thinking and reading ability. Perhaps I would give it away to a thoughtless young person that didn't seem to grasp what was 'important' in life. I wish I could get my money and time back; it is rare that I am this dissatisfied with a book. I actually felt 'used' as an audience, as though the author were an opportunist that used his relationship with someone ill & elderly to exploit it & write this book.

With all due respect to Professor Morrie, I mean no disrespect to his illness or the obvious many lives that he touched deeply.

However, I found the book to lack depth. The writer professes the way he wastes life not loving enough and being positive like the mentor he neglected for years. Sure, this is a problem many people could sympathize with. We all take for granted the things we have until we are about to lose them. The book does not deliver on why we need each other even in the worst of times and only aims to highlight the courage of of his teacher whom he forgot about for so many years. I would have liked a deeper exploration of people in general and why we are so self-involved. I guess this was beyond a writer who has more experience writing about quarterbacks and goalkeepers.

The book is good for hopeless people looking for even a douse of inspiration. That is as far as the writer can take you.

I love this book and I fell in love with Morrie through it. Such a wonderful man and all of us wish they had Morrie in their lives, either as a teacher, a friend, a father, a grandfather, or even husband. There were many life's lessons through this book and even though we already know most of them, we are blinded and too scared to think or talk about them. I recommend this book to everyone, I think each person can take something important with them through this book, But most importantly, I recommend this book to my husband who thinks at 33 he is old.

This book needs to be given to those who complain about stupid things all the time. Very uplifting. This book reminds me of my uncle Dave who has cystic fibrosis and is sick nearly all of the time but still has a great outlook on life i try to be more like him and i count my blessings that im healthy

Overrated is the first word that comes to mind when I think about this book. Not that it's bad. On the contrary. It's a pleasant read, and it does show you some very touching moments of intimacy. If you had a poor relationship with your dad, you'll probably squirt a few tears when you get to the end.

But it's also about as preachy as they come. Morrie seems like a great guy, and what he's preaching -- that we are letting life slip by if we focus on anything but friends and family -- is something that you'd expect a dying guy to feel as he tries to connect. But then Albom, who seems like the biggest workaholic to walk the face of the planet, polarizes the preaching to excess: Working hard and making money is BAD. Touching and loving and kissing and talking is GOOD. But Morrie was also a very successful dying guy. He accomplished a lot in his life. What this book should be preaching (if anything) is balance. But it doesn't, which is no fault of Morrie.

Looked at another way, I'm sure there are dying guys out there who had a non stop party with friends and family, but then find on their death bed that they didn't do anything beyond talk and dance their life away. They'd probably have a different story to tell about what they did right and wrong. Who knows. But the preachy nature of this book takes away from the real point, which is a testament to a man's courage in the face of a horrible disease and the importance of family and friends in dealing with it.

For all the reviewers gushing over the book (inside cover) talking as if they've discovered some new religion, you need to get out more. And for the woman who's made it required reading for every student she's had since reading it, why not just make it a suggestion and let them form their own opinions about what constitutes a good read. They'll thank you for it.

I ordered this book in November of 2007. We had lost a friend to ALS in October of 2006, and my friends father as diagnosed with ALS in November of 2007. This is a fantastic book, I couldn't put it down. I also readthe book 5 People you meet in Heaven, it really makes you think. Mitch Albom is a great writer. My heart goes out to anyone suffering from ALS, as it is a terrible disease.

"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live", this is an example of Morrie's quotes; they may sound familiar or even cliche to us, but Mitch Albom has greatly put together a short & sweet book 'Tuesday with Morrie', which presented us Morrie's true story in a humane way. I find "Tuesdays with Morrie" specially touching & inspiring, especially reading it after a very close friend of mine recently passed away unexpectedly. The following advice from Morrie is what I aim to keep deeply in my heart & lead my life with it: "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they are busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

I have continously been inspired by "Tuesdays with Morrie" over the years. You don't need to wait until death is imminent to read this book. And with over 2,000 reviews already written about this book, why write one more? Because it's worth writing one more.

I have referenced "Tuesdays with Morrie" over the years when challenged with life changing events. Life changing events, rather good or bad, are often accompanied by stress. Morrie's story really helps you stop in your tracks, absorb what's going on around you, and then re-act in a very peaceful and satisfying way.

I recently referenced this book again, to assist me with my dad's battle with pancreatic cancer. I'm so happy to say that, dad had a lesson to teach me while dying also. I would not have known to listen to the lesson, seek dad's guidance (even while terminal), if it hadn't been for Morrie's story.

Don't miss the opportunity to learn your lesson as well and how to share it with others. Take a moment to read a very easy read book, "Tuesdays with Morrie", and receive the benefits of a lesson today and everyday.

The book Tuesdays with Morrie is about a man (Morrie) who just found out that he had ALS, which is also known as amyotrophoic lateral syndrome. This book was written by one of his students Mitch Albom, who used to adore this teacher. Mitch talks about his days with Morrie, as they talk about life and specific things in it, like friends family and death. Why talk to Morrie and not someone else? Because Morrie is more closer to things you can't buy, like emotions or aging, and he can tell a lot about them. And he does, to Mitch.
When Mitch was in college, every Tuesday he would have classes with his teacher, Morrie. Mitch started to enjoy these classes, where they discussed things of life. Yet after collage-even though Mitch promises to keep in touch- he doesn't. And sixteen years go by before Mitch hears about his old teacher on Nightline, telling about his disease to the world. This is when Mitch plucks up the courage to see this elderly friend.
One Tuesday, Mitch drives to his professor's house, and when he arrives, he can see the difference in his professor. Morrie is now confined to his wheelchair and his wrinkles got deeper, yet some things - like his smile and personality - didn't change. After they talk for a while, Morrie announced that he would like Mitch to visit him more often. Mitch agrees, and they settle on a specific day - Tuesday.
This soon becomes a tradition, Mitch visiting Morrie every Tuesday. And quickly Mitch gets a brilliant idea - to record Morrie speaking, for after he's pasted. And every Tuesday Mitch would pick a subject for them to talk about. It may be death, marriage or family. Morrie and Mitch voiced about a variety of things.
Tuesdays with Morrie lasted for almost 2 years, until Morrie died. The funeral happened with a small gathering, and Mitch felt lost. His teacher - his mentor - was gone. A saying popped into his head as he mourned, "When I'm gone, you'll talk, I'll listen." And when Mitch tried it in his head, it felt natural. Just as if Morrie was right there. And when he looked at the date - sure enough, it was Tuesday.

Tuesdays with Morrie packages plain old common sense as new, deep spiritual insight. I don't think anyone doesn't already know that life is short, family and friends are more important than material possessions, etc, but it's still good to be reminded. Enjoy it for what it is: a simple story of a man facing death with a positive perspective.

I'm not much of a reader but this book is one of the very few I actually read all the way through I highly recommend!

This book undoubtedly changed my life. 'Nuff said.

Before my grandmother fell ill with senile dementia, I was too young to really understand/know her. She passed away a little over a year ago and I cried; I cried because I didn't know who she was, yet she still meant so much to me.

The descriptions I've been given describe her to have been blunt and funny, yet philisophical and knowing of the meaning of life. In other words, she was a heck of a lot like Morrie.

Through this book and the film based on it, I got to know my grandmother as others knew her; and that is something I will never forget.

This book changed my perspective of life; I hope it can do the same for you.

What an excellent, thought provoking little book. I mention this book to lots of different people I meet up with (I live in Australia)and invariably EVERYONE knows of it or has read it. Not one person has had a negative thing to say about this book. It is so EASY to read and so HARD to put down!!!! I am a busy mum with 3 boys and still I HAD to READ this BOOK ONCE I STARTED IT!!!! What a great reflector it was, even for me in my busy life. Puts many things back into perspective. Grab a copy today and challenge yourself.

This was such a wonderful read. It really brings you to a place of thinking about where I am in my life. I am so amazed at this mans strength. I hope I have one tenth of a percent of his when I am struggling. It was excellent.

Morrie had the most simple, insightful way of looking at life. Although there were so many life lessons in the book, I was particularly impressed with his thougths about relationships. For instance, how we should look into a person's eyes while we listen to what they have to say. We have all heard that advice before, but Morrie really brings it home. So often we are thinking about what we are going to say next or concentrating on a completely different subject while a person is pouring out their heart to us. This was one of the most enjoyable and important books I have read. My thanks to Mitch Albom for bringing us closer to this phenominal man.

Incidently, all of my family and friends received a copy of this book with their other Christmas presents with a note that I prayed it would bless them as much as it did me.

Thank you Mitch.

I have read the book previously and thought it was great and after having read Mitch Albom's two other books, The Five People You Want to Meet in Heaven and For One More Day, which I was given as a gift I wanted to replace the Tuesdays with Morrie book, because it was borrowed and never returned.

Sometimes the most beautiful stories are the simplest. This book touches your heart and helps put life and what is truly important into perspective. A treasure to read over and over again.

The movie was exceptional.......the book even more so. Short and very powerful, recommended reading for all.

It took me less than 24 hours to read this book, but in that short period of time, it has become my favorite book! I fell in love with Morrie immediately. Never before has a book make me cry so much! Reading this book has truly been a blessing for me. I would recommend it to anyone.

I thought this book was awesome, and even though it was written several years ago, the same principles still apply.I think it is a must read for every high school or college student. Great book. It makes you think, it makes you cry, and makes you want to think about the really important things in life. I loved it.