Tuesdays

In the novel Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom details his last few weeks with his dying professor. His professor, though dying of ALS, decides to make the most of the situation, extending hope and love out to all of the people in his life. During his time with Mitch, whom he is still good mates with even after he taught him in the seventies, Morrie imparts many tidbits of wisdom upon him. This feeling of learning through losing someone gives the book a potent edge that not all books have. It is moving and intelligent, with a special way of getting readers to feel as though they are Morrie's student even though they never knew the man. I had personally never read a memoir before, and I can honestly say that my first go at the genre has impressed me. Morrie's perky attitude towards life, even in the weeks just before his death, drew me in. Despite the lack of intense action scenes, this novel substituted in emotionally intense material, forcing each one of us to face our own mortality that is the only sure thing in this world.