The Time Keeper

By Mitch Albom

Book Overview

From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper--a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.

The man who became Father Time.

In Mitch Albom's exceptional work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years.

Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.

He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.

Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it, and how precious it truly is.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401322786
• ISBN13: 9781401322786
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Read it in a day

It was an easy read and I just kept reading because I had to know how it ended.

Makes you think

I found myself relating to Sarah Lemon, this book really gave me a different insight on how to cherish the time I have. Very much a book that makes you think make the days count don't count the days. Loved it.

The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom has done it once again! Incredible storyteller with thought provoking ideas. Absolutely difficult to put down.