STORY (true) - This is a wonderful story about two men, a teacher and a student, who have reunited after many years. Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.įor Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”- Los Angeles Times A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that changed millions of lives-with a new afterword by the author.The Tuesday lessons are not just for the author, but for all of us.

The relationship between the student and the professor is almost like a Son Dad relationship and when meets Morrie on the 14th Tuesday for the last time he cries for the first time in many years.The beauty of the book is that it does not talk too much about the illness or how the professor suffered physically.The conversation itself makes us understand how Morrie sees life and how he is ready to face death Instead he showcases courage ,optimism and humour.He never mourns or grieves his illness but tries to live the last few days meaningfully and happily.The book has 14 Tuesday classes each discussing different aspects of life.forgiveness family ,world caring for the society, to mention a few. Though he is in pain and has to depend on somebody for every single act, he never shows any self pity. Throughout the book we see how this professor welcomes death with dignity. Now that he meets him ,they decide to begin classes again on Tuesdays ,But now the topic is “meaning of life”. He recalls the earlier days when he used to have a class with his Professor every Tuesday. He reunites with this Sociology Professor who is at the last stages of a terminal illness ALS. The book mainly deals with the conversations that the author has with his professor with whom he lost touch for almost two decades.

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