For one more day
Autor: Albom, Mitch
For One More DayRate this book1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 starsFor One More Dayby Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)4.10 · Rating details · 121,138 ratings · 7,737 reviews"Every family is a ghost story..."Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.For One More
Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama`s boy or a daddy`s boy, but you can`t be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened..What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.
Zobacz pełny opisOdpowiedzialność: | Mitch Albom. | ||||||||
Hasła: | Opowiadania i nowele Literatura amerykańska | ||||||||
Adres wydawniczy: | New York : Hyperion, 2006. | ||||||||
Opis fizyczny: | 197 stron ; 18 cm. Forma gatunek: | Książki. Proza. | Powstanie dzieła: | 1956 r. | Skocz do: | Inne pozycje tego autora w zbiorach biblioteki | Dodaj recenzje, komentarz | |
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Albom, Mitch
Mitch Albom, właśc. Mitchell David Albom ur. 23 maja 1958 w Passaic w stanie New Jersey w USA – amerykański pisarz, dziennikarz sportowy, komentator radiowy i telewizyjny. Popularność przyniosła mu książka Wtorki z Morriem 1997, która stała się światowym bestsellerem po wizycie autora w amerykańskim talk show Oprah Winfreys show. Jego kolejna książka Pięć osób, które spotykamy w niebie 2003 stała się kolejnym bestsellerem. Najlepiej sprzedającą się książką Alboma okazała się Jeszcze jeden dzień 2006. Cztery książki książki autora doczekały się ekranizacji. [>>]