![]() ![]() ![]() He tells his story of how he had decided to face death to one of his former and beloved pupils, Mitch Albom, who relays the message onto all of us. He discovered that he had Lou Gehrig's Disease and was suddenly faced with the prospect of a rather imminent death. This book tells the story of the final days of Morrie Schwartz, a professor at Brandeis University. To me, death is an inevitable part of life and I've thought about it before. I suppose it does that, provided you've never once thought about death before in your life. It's supposed to make you think about how short life is and its supposed to make you want to live each day to the fullest. I know this book is touted to be a real tear-jerker-rock-your-world type of book. ![]() I was thinking that I'd have to have tissues or something handy but I was rather surprised. (I tend to avoid rages.) However, this morning I found myself with a little time and decided to give it a go. I know I'm way behind the times in reading it, but since it was once "all the rage" I avoided it. It just so happened that this was on my TBR list, having picked it up recently at the Friends of the Library book sale. (I can't remember who.) They said I might want to wait awhile to read it given the emotions that it could possibly invoke. Someone recommended that I read this book. Recently my mother-in-law died and our lives took a brand new turn. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74). ![]()
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