Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - MItch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in 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.
米奇·阿尔博姆(1959- ),美国著名专栏作冢,电台主持,电视评论员,此外还是活跃的慈善活动家。迄今为止,阿尔博姆已出版九部畅销著作,其中纪实作品《相约星期二》在全美各大图书畅销排行榜上停留四年之久,被译成包括中文在内的三十一种文字,全球累计销量超过一千一百万册。2003年,阿尔博姆六年磨一剑的小说《你在天堂里遇见的五个人》将“星期二神话”继续延伸,迄今已累计售出八百万册。
米奇·阿尔博姆目前与妻子简宁居住在美国密歇根州。
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