6/1/2023 0 Comments Tuesdays with morrie bookThat a professional writer can write well is not surprising, but Albom also reads well, with clear enunciation and a talent for mimicry. The story is told in a journalistic style that never crosses into pathos. The 14 Tuesday visits that followed their reunion took Albom-and will take listeners with him-on a journey of reawakening to life's best rewards. Albom was one of hundreds of former students and acquaintances who traveled great distances to visit Morrie in the final months of his life. Morrie, on the other hand, after a rich life filled with friends, family, teaching, and music, was dying from Lou Gehrig's disease, a crippling illness that diminished his activities daily. An accidental viewing of an interview with Morrie on Nightline led Albom to become reunited with his old teacher, friend, and "coach" at a time when Albom, a successful sportswriter, was struggling to define dissatisfactions with his own life and career. The titular Morrie was Morrie Schwartz, Albom's university professor 20 years before the events being narrated. It's an honest reading, and the underlying timbre of private memory pushes it past mere recitation to pure storytelling. As the author of this inspirational true story, Albom uses verbal inflection in exactly the right places to evoke humor, empathy, and emotion. No one but Mitch Albom could have read Tuesdays with Morrie so effectively.
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