Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

I read this book after hearing so many good things about it from Sunil. It’s a very quick read. This book is an emotional and intellectual ride with Morris Schwartz (late Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University).  A former student, Mitch Albom, who had become a fairly well known sports writer, heard about his teacher from an interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline and decided to pay a visit. This visit soon turned into regular meetings – on Tuesdays – since at the time there was a strike at Albom’s newspaper. Albom plots Morrie’s declining health, which is quite depressing, but at the same time imparts Morrie’s wisdom. This is a record, of sorts, about his last few months of life, his thoughts about life and certain things in life such as marriage, regrets, the perfect day, money, love, forgiveness, etc. Nothing in this book is a great leap in philosophy, it’s merely a reminder of all the things we already know but have either forgotten or have taken for granted. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops – Henry Adams”, wonderfully describes what Morrie has done with his life. This book isn’t going to tell you anything you haven’t heard before, but it may make you listen with a different perspective. Now, I am going to check out the movie based on this novel.