He later went on to work as a researcher in a mental hospital, where he learned about mental illness and how to have empathy and compassion for other people. The son of Russian immigrants, Schwartz had a difficult childhood, indelibly marked by the death of his mother and his brother's infection with the Polio virus. Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Morrie caught the eye of a Nightline television producer after an article was published titled: "A Professor's Final Course: His Own Death." It was through this airing that Morrie's old student Mitch was reminded of his old professor, causing him to reach out and reconnect. This was the first episode out of three on a Nightline special on Morrie and his illness.
The memoir also recounts Mitch's memories of Morrie as a professor. Throughout these days, Mitch and Morrie discuss various topics important to life and living. The memoir is divided into 14 different "days" that Mitch Albom spent with his professor Morrie.
The book recounts each of the fourteen visits Albom made to Schwartz, supplemented with Schwartz's lectures and life experiences and interspersed with flashbacks and references to contemporary events.Īfter being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Morrie's final days are spent giving his former student Mitch his final lesson of life. A coincidental newspaper strike allows Albom to visit Schwartz every week, on Tuesdays. After seeing his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz appear on Nightline, Albom phones Schwartz and is prompted to visit him in Massachusetts. In 1995, Albom is a successful sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press. The appendix of the audiobook contains excerpts from several minutes of audio recordings that Albom made during his conversations with Schwartz before writing the book.Ī new edition with an afterword by Albom was released on the book's ten-year anniversary in 2007.
Īn unabridged audiobook was also published, narrated by Albom. In 2006, Tuesdays with Morrie was the bestselling memoir of all time. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Sellers List for 23 combined weeks in 2000, and remained on the New York Times best-selling list for more than four years after. Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS.
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