Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Sellers List for 23 combined weeks in 2000, and remained on the New York Times best-selling list for more than four years after. In 2006, Tuesdays with Morrie was the bestselling memoir of all time.
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Sixteen years after graduation, Detroit sportswriter Mitch Albom catches a Nightline segment about his old Brandeis sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, who is dying of ALS at home in West Newton, Massachusetts.
Yes. Mitch Albom recorded his weekly visits with his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, who was dying of ALS. The book is a memoir of those Tuesday conversations.
It is emotional and ends with Morrie's death, but the tone is reflective and warm rather than bleak. Many readers describe it as life-affirming.
Yes, into a 1999 TV movie starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. Lemmon won an Emmy for the role.
Tuesdays with Morrie was written by Mitch Albom, published in 1997 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Tuesdays with Morrie is 199 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Tuesdays with Morrie takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a standalone novel by Mitch Albom, not part of a series.
Tuesdays with Morrie is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.