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A review by cdjdhj
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
5.0
"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, onemore chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days and anone will outweigh the one you wish you had back. What if you got it back?"
So begins this fine, moving little book. Charley Benetto is a broken man who has allowed his life to be overtaken by alcohol and regret. He decides to take his own life. Failing in even that, he stumbles back to the home he grew up in and discovers, astonishingly, that his mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there. She welcomes him home as if nothing has happened. So begins the "one more day" that Charley gets to learn what he never knew and try to put his crumbling life back together.
I loved this book! I love Mitch Albom and this is probably my favorite of all the books he has written. The characters were rich and real. I felt like they were people I knew. The setting was authentic and made me think of my own childhood and youth. The story was, for me, riveting. It is a short book, but there is no part that drags. It is long enough to tell the story and say what needs to be said. I was moved by this book and even it bit choked up as it ended. Anyone who has a parent or loved one he has lost or anyone who has every disappointed anyone, including himself should read this book. It is profound and lovely.
So begins this fine, moving little book. Charley Benetto is a broken man who has allowed his life to be overtaken by alcohol and regret. He decides to take his own life. Failing in even that, he stumbles back to the home he grew up in and discovers, astonishingly, that his mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there. She welcomes him home as if nothing has happened. So begins the "one more day" that Charley gets to learn what he never knew and try to put his crumbling life back together.
I loved this book! I love Mitch Albom and this is probably my favorite of all the books he has written. The characters were rich and real. I felt like they were people I knew. The setting was authentic and made me think of my own childhood and youth. The story was, for me, riveting. It is a short book, but there is no part that drags. It is long enough to tell the story and say what needs to be said. I was moved by this book and even it bit choked up as it ended. Anyone who has a parent or loved one he has lost or anyone who has every disappointed anyone, including himself should read this book. It is profound and lovely.