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Mitch Albom

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Author, screenwriter, philanthropist, journalist, and broadcaster Mitch Albom is an inspiration around the world. His fiction and non-fiction books — which include 8 #1 New York Times bestsellers — have collectively sold 42 million copies worldwide in 48 languages. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, the bestselling memoir of all time, topped the list for four straight years and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022. He has also written Emmy Award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and was the recipient of the Red Smith Award for lifetime achieveme ...more

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Mitch Albom book excerpt: New novel ‘The Little Liar’ set in middle of Holocaust

Mitch Albom’s new novel, “The Little Liar” is inspired by true events. It begins with an 11-year-old boy named Nico Krispis who has never told a lie in his life. When the Nazis invade his city, they take him from his family and trick him into telling the biggest deception of all, knowing others will believe him. The book follows Nico, his family, and the girl who loves him through the next 40 y

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	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,166,319 ratings — published 1997 — 393 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Five People You Meet in Heaven 4.01 avg rating — 787,548 ratings — published 2003 — 289 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For One More Day 4.13 avg rating — 158,431 ratings — published 2006 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Keeper 3.90 avg rating — 120,619 ratings — published 2012 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stranger in the Lifeboat 4.11 avg rating — 107,614 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Liar 4.57 avg rating — 90,784 ratings — published 2023 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Have a Little Faith: a True Story 4.20 avg rating — 90,288 ratings — published 2009 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next Person You Meet in Heaven 4.33 avg rating — 64,467 ratings — published 2018 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Phone Call from Heaven 3.79 avg rating — 70,916 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto 4.37 avg rating — 54,009 ratings — published 2012 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mitch Albom added a status update: Just posted the trailer for my new book TWICE - hope you'll check it out https://youtu.be/gTfbjLzwv98
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Mitch Albom and 24 other people liked Mitch Albom's blog post: The Little Liar Has an Official Trailer! "I'm thrilled to share this video I put together with my nephew Jesse, my amazing director and an AFI-graduate. It's a short, compelling peek into the story of Nico Krispis and how one child's lies - the ones he never meant to tell - connect four p..." Read more of this blog post »
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Mitch Albom added a status update: Just shared the official trailer for my new book, "The Little Liar" - hope you'll check it out on YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0TAA...
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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

tags: death, life

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“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

tags: profound

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“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

tags: family, inspirational, life, parents

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What book would you like to read for our December 2023 Group Read? The theme is Wisdom.

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
Science Nonfiction

16 votes 22.5%

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Historical Fiction

12 votes 16.9%

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Nonfiction

11 votes 15.5%

The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Fiction, Mystery

11 votes 15.5%

Wise Children by Angela Carter
Fiction, Magical Realism

7 votes 9.9%

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Contemporary, Spirituality

7 votes 9.9%

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Biography

4 votes 5.6%

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Contemporary

3 votes 4.2%

71 total votes

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