His life collapsed from alcohol and regret. It explores the question, what would you do if you could spend another day with a lost loved one?Īs a child, Charley “Chick” Benetto was told by his father, “You can be a boy from mom or a boy from dad, but you can’t be both.” So he chooses his father only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of puberty.ĭecades later, Charley is a broken man. For another day of Mitch Albom’s summaryįor One More Day is the story of a mother and son and a relationship that will last a lifetime and beyond. Mitch Albom wonderfully captures the spirit of what it means to live as a flawed person in a flawed and imperfect world, and delivers a memorable story that will make his readers want to keep their loved ones a little closer than ever. For One More Day is a wonderful story about the power of love and the importance of forgiveness.

For One More Day asks the question, what if you could spend another day with a lost loved one?Ī simple but multi-layered story that is powerful, moving, tender and touching and, above all, redeeming. Partly ghost story, partly exploring the complexity of a mother-child relationship. After a failed suicide attempt, he can spend another day with his late mother, and through a series of flashbacks and a wistful journey that encounters a strange and enigmatic tryst with the ghost of the past, the heartbreaking story unfolds. For One More Day tells the story of Charley ‘Chick’ Benetto, whose life is in ruins. The type of book you know will be a flow of tears from the start. Suffice it to say, it has been well over a decade since I last read about Albom, and when my friend David Wade posted a copy of For One More Day at the Bought beautiful bouquiniste Book Café I borrowed it soon afterwards. I can better remember Tuesdays with Morrie – I’m booking the film I enjoyed almost as much as the novel that inspired her. My memory of it is fuzzy I think I read it back as a teenager, and I have a vague memory of my stepfather or stepbrother recommending it to me when I could make this up entirely. The first book I read by Mitch Albom was The Five People You Will Meet In Heaven.

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