Finished the book in three days; very quick read. Mitch Albom has a great narrative skill, and I fell in love with the characters (real people) and the story. Mitch entwines honest, shamelessness and even humor into this loving tale.
Reminding me of Randy Pausch's story, this story is about how Morrie learns how to live his last days through learning how to deal with his looming death. Morrie has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease where you gradually lose control of your body. One with ALS dies when the disease reaches their lungs; they become unable to breathe. Morrie has an unbelievable perspective and attitude towards his condition, but that does nothing to stop him from living out loud and to the fullest. If anything, his condition was his most beneficial blessing. If anything, this disease gave him renewed life.
I chalk this book up on my List of Books Everyone Should Read. It's truly wonderful. It is amazing how life is so much simpler, so much slower, so much more satisfying if we learn from the lessons Morrie shares with Mitch.
My first reflection was how 180 this book was from my last one, American Psycho, haha. A fresh breath of air, for sure! Tuesdays with Morrie helped me with the death of something from my recent past. I think this book can help us all learn about death because, while it sounds utterly morbid, death is always around us in some way or another. Graduating college, moving to a new town, stuff like that. Something in our life has to end and die - this is required for something new to be born into our lives. The Lion King had it right... everything is part of the Circle of Life.
I've not seen the movie yet, but might someday. The movie has Jack Lemon in it to play Morrie. There's a link for the trailer below.
If you've read the book, please feel free to share your thoughts by leaving a comment!
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Book's Website
Movie Trailer
IMDB
Love or perish,
Amanda
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Strangely enough, some other friends of mine in Norway has read this book lately too, and I hadn't even heard of it before you mentioned it. But it sounds like a very nice book :)
I just quickly passed through an electronics store today and by the register was a bunch of cheap dvd's. So I took a quick look, and would you know, there was A Love Song for Bobby Long! Have you seen it? I've seen it before, and somehow the feelings from that movie match what I expect Tuesday With Morrie to be like.. Can't wait to read it some day =)
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