Tuesdays with Morrie

Author: Mitch Albom
Publisher: 2002, Broadway
Lexile Measure: 803L
Classification: Non-fiction

Summary:
In this work of nonfiction, Mitch Albom, the narrator, describes his rekindled relationship with a favorite college professor, Morrie Schwartz.  Sixteen years after graduation, Albom saw Morrie on an episode of “Nightline” discussing his failing health due to ALS. They reconnected and had weekly lunches (although Morrie lost his ability to eat) in which Morrie told Albom about his life, his upcoming death, and his attitudes regarding both.  With Morrie’s permission, Albom recorded their conversations, and it is those recordings, along with Albom’s flashbacks to his college and post-college life, that forms the basis of this thoughtful and touching work.

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Profanity:
*ss (p 22, 49, 155, 162)
“life’s a b*tch” (p. 191)

Drug and Alcohol Use:
This book contains little in the way of drug and alcohol use.

• On p. 14, the author mentions, in passing, drinking as a young adult.
  
• Albom also discusses his brother’s drug and alcohol use on p. 95. 

Violence and Crime:
There is no violence or crime in Tuesdays with Morrie.  On p. 58, the author mentions a couple of news reports about violent events.

Sexual Content:
Tuesdays with Morrie contains no sexual content and no sexual references.

Other:

• Morrie discusses Buddhist beliefs about death on p. 81.
• Albom discusses Morrie’s religious beliefs, cobbled together from many religions, on pp. 81-82, and he explores other religions’ beliefs on pp. 106 and 112, 141.
• Additionally, of course, it is very sad when Morrie’s health declines and he dies.
  

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