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__Tuesdays with Morrie__ Mitch Albom

I selected this novel because I was interested in it and my mom said it was a good book. Before reading this book, you don't really need any background info at all. Before the novel began, the story starts at Mitch Albom's graduation from college. At the graduation, Morrie, Mitch's professor, says good bye to Mitch and so does he. They both say they will keep in touch. As the novel goes on, Mitch becomes a very busy sports writer, and Morrie continues being a professor. One day, many years in the future, when Mitch is watching t.v., he happens to stop at a C.B.S program on involved with Morrie. Therre he learns about how Morrie has become very ill and still is going strong and aprreciating life. He has Lou Gehrig's disease, which will eventually kill him. Mich goes to visit his old professor and then makes a plan to meet with him every Tuesday after Mitch is layed off work and is lost in a sticky situation. Throughout, Mitch tells two stories; one from his college days with Morrie, and his present day struggles which are being discussed with Morrie. the setting is in Detroit, Michigan, where Mitch and Morrie live. This setting could happen anywhere, as long as Mitch and Morrie live near or around the same location. the first main problem the main character faces is knowing he hasn't visited his old professor, even though he said he would at his graduation. The author makes me hold on to my interest because of the way this whole novel is true and how it may reflect on my life.