For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

Book Overview

From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie , a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. "Every family is a ghost story . . ." Mitch Albom mesmerized... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401303277
• ISBN13: 9781401303273
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Another Hit Novel from Mitch Albom

Having read Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, this book was another great addition to Mitch Albom's ongoing collection of hit novels. When I first read the first two books, I had bought them shortly after borrowing them from the bookstore, so when I saw this on the shelf I knew I would enjoy it so I bought it. This book is the is the story of Charles "Chick" Benetto's rise to Major League "stardom" and his plummet to shabby drunk including all the people he hurts in the process. The book focuses on Chick's attempt to completely demolish himself, and the rescue he receives at the side of his dead mother. One of the first lines in the book state how "every family is a ghost story" (Albom), but it really isn't. It's about what the mind keeps in remembrance of someone who has gone and passed away. It is about the pain that one goes through and how they can be healed, but only by choosing to repair themselves before it gets too late. This book is an overall quick, enlightening read, suitable for all ages, and a book which everyone should experience. This book was an attempt to reach to viewers and change their own view on their mothers. Through each of the chapters, Chick Benetto reflects on two main things: "Times My Mother Stood Up For Me" and "Times I Didn't Stand Up For My Mother". These two categories make up most of the book and recollect all of the events, from his childhood to later in his life, and discussed all of the different times that he did not appreciate the things his mother had done for him. In the first time that his mother stood up for him, he was five, and had encountered a ferocious German Shepard and his mother barked back at the dog to show it who is boss. Nothing after that shows how Chick had reacted to his mother standing up for him. In the first time that he did not stand up for his mother, his mother had put toilet paper around him for Halloween, and it had began to rain and when he found his mother he had yelled "You ruined my life." His mother's reaction to him yelling at her is not mentioned in the book as well. I found it ironic how some of the situations I could relate too, and after telling them too others, they seemed to feel the same way. This book can be universal to any person and show them how easily they do not appreciate the things that their mothers do for them. We do not look back at the times where our parents have stood up for us, and do not appreciate the little things they do for us and this books showed me how simple things that my parents do, are only to better me and my future. While reading this book, I felt that we as children do not see our parents as average human beings, like our friends, but seem them as someone who is just there. We as individuals do not necessarily honor our parents for the sacrifices they make in our lives to provide us with a better life. This book had really opened my eyes to the things my parents do for me, even the little things

Touching story about a mother's love

I've read "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "Five People You Meet in Heaven", so when I found out that Mitch Albom had a new book, I had to buy it. I just finished it - only took 2 days. As with the other 2 books, it's an easy read, but mostly it's a compelling story. As a person who lost a parent at a relatively young age, the stories and images in "For One More Day" really touched me on so many levels. It was heart-warming as well as heart-breaking. I guess that's the story of so many families. I highly recommend this book. If it doesn't make you want to kiss your mother and buy her some flowers, I don't know what will!

For One More Day, story of a lifetime

I haven't finished this book, I just bought it yesterday, but I am already half way through. This is one of the best stories I have ever read. It really made me think about my relationship with my mother, and how much I will miss her when she "goes home". It also reminded me of the sacrifices my mother has made for me and my siblings, and how we don't appreciate the life she gave up, the stuggles she has lived thru and how really she gave her life for us. Why do we leave so many things left unsaid? Chick has struggled all his life, and when it's almost too late he finally begins to really "see" his mother. So much pain and heartache could have been avoided in his life and in all of ours if we just took the time.

One of 2006's most inspiring reads

Albom, who previously grabbed us by our hearts in "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", does it again in "For One More Day". Masterfully playing with time (moving back and forth between the story's present time and the character's past), surprising the reader along the way and tactfully relating to emotions most of us are bound to experience at some point in our lives, he tells the tale of Charley Benetto, a retired baseball player left to rot outside the sport of his dreams, and his one-day reunion with his mom... who had passed away years before. The book doesn't score as high as "Tuesdays with Morrie", arguably Albom's best, but it does match his accomplishment with "The Five People..." by forcing us to contemplate our lives from the standpoint of forks in the road, what ifs, the choices we make in life and the consequences they carry along. In doing so Albom earns the book a solid five stars and my personal recommendation as one of 2006's most inspiring reads.

Albom's Best Yet

Unlike some other reviewers here, I actually think this is Albom's best yet - and that's saying something as his previous two (The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie) were best-sellers. Here Albom is more grounded, perhaps because the story really happened, is well-constructed, and, while fantastic, is not so abstract. Instead, one gets almost practical advice for living and much good food for thought. I bought this book yesterday and have already read it - and I don't do that often! It's extremely well-written and thoughtfully composed. It's the kind of book I will now have to buy several copies of to give as gifts - and it's the kind of book that you can give as a gift and it will be sincerely appreciated. Congrats to Mitch Albom for another winner.