Review- Tuesdays with Morrie

Morrie Schwartz was a college philosophy professor at Brandeis University for over thirty years. One of his students was Mitch Albom who is also the author of Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie and Mitch became good friends during the time he was in college. Then Mitch graduated and went on with his life, he became caught up in his own life and to busy to keep in contact with his professor.

Sixteen years later, Mitch is now a sports newscaster and writer. He and his wife were always striving to make more money and gain more success. Then one night Mitch was watching Nightline. Ted Koppel was interviewing Morrie. And Mitch was surprised to discover Morrie is dying. He has ALS a neurological disease that attacks every muscle in his body.

After seeing Morrie on T.V Mitch calls him. He is delighted to hear from him again, and immediately invites him to visit. This is when there fourteen week (every Tuesday) visits talking about life began. It is a funny and insightful book about life lessons. Morrie is now able to take a look at life from the "end of life" viewpoint. He is happy to share his knowledge with Mitch and everyone he loves.
This book is about the life of both Morrie and Mitch. They taped their visits each time Mitch visited. They talked about many big questions in life (what is love, living, death, marriage, relationships) and the smaller questions (what's for lunch, how's your wife, how's your son). Mitch and Morrie regain the relationship that they once had. Morrie rediscovered his old friend. Morrie was also able to use what time he had left doing what he loved, teaching.

The book is a great mix of every emotion it’s not too depressing even though it mainly deals with death, yet it doesn’t sugar coat what death is. Instead it is a great story about friendship and life lessons. It is a short book, and is worth it. Mitch is able to portray Morrie in a very interesting way you see when he is dying and when he was not.

I don’t normally read but I found this book to be amazing. I'm glad I finally made the time for it. Once I finished the book I immediately began reading it again. I give this book two huge thumbs up, and recommend it to anyone looking for a interesting story about life with a unique view point.