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Tuesdays With Morrie is a bestselling non-fiction book by American writer Mitch Albom, published in 1997 (ISBN 0385484518). The story was later adapted into a television movie in 1999, which starred Hank Azaria as Mitch and Jack Lemmon as Morrie.

It is the true story of Brandeis University sociology professor, title personage Morrie Schwartz and his relationship with student Mitch Albom. Both the film and the book chronicle the lessons about life that Mitch learns from his professor, who is dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

After five years in hardcover, it was released as a trade paperback in October 2002. It was re-released as a mass-market paperback by Anchor Books in January 2006. According to this edition, 11 million copies of Tuesdays with Morrie are in print worldwide.

Plot

In the book, Mitch Albom is a successful sports writer and college graduate. One day Albom sees his college professor Morrie Schwartz on "Nightline" in a television interview with Ted Koppel, and learns of his terminal illness. In his student days at university, Albom had regarded Morrie as a friend and mentor, but had lost touch with him since his graduation. Realising that he has not long to live, Albom decides to fulfil his unkept promises to keep in touch with Morrie and travels from Detroit to Morrie's town in West Newton, MA, every Tuesday till the day Morrie dies. In each of his meetings, Albom summed up his inspiring conversations with Morrie as simple lessons in life. In Koppel's final interview on Nov. 22, 2005, he once again revisited the life of Morrie and interviewed Albom. "In thinking about what to do for a final broadcast, the Morrie interview is certainly among my favorites," Koppel . "Some of 'Nightline's' most fascinating shows over the years have featured people no one has ever heard of, and Morrie is a perfect example."

Theme

The book revolves around Morrie and his philosophies on life, dying, money, happiness, family, marriage, love and friends and helping old ladies cross the road.

Quotes

"When you learn how to die, you learn how to live."
"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling."
"When you're in bed, you're dead"

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