Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie
First edition
AuthorMitch Albom
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographical, Philosophical novel, Memoir
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1997
Publication placeUnited States
Pages192[not verified in body]
ISBN0385484518
OCLC36130729
378.1/2/092 B 21[not verified in body]
LC ClassLD571.B418 S383 1997[not verified in body]

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson is a 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom. The book is about a series of visits Albom made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[1][2] Albom's subsequent memoir has been widely reviewed and has received critical attention after features by The Boston Globe and Nightline about Schwartz's dying.[1][3][4][5][6][not verified in body][clarification needed]

The book spent 206 weeks on the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers List and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for several years;[7] as of 2006, it was the best-selling memoir of all time.[2][better source needed][needs update]

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  2. ^ a b DePauw Staff (July 20, 2006). "Bestselling Author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom, to Present Ubben Lecture November 13". DePauw News & Media. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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  7. ^ Rich, Motoko (August 7, 2006). "Starbucks to Feature Mitch Albom's New Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.