For One More Day by Mitch Albom

“I yelled a good bye into the gathering. The group yelled back, “So long…Bye…Good luck…” I heard my mother’s voice last, above the others: “Love you, Char...” the door shut mid-sentence. And I never saw her again.” Throughout this book Mitch Albom uses tiny attention grabbers at the end of his chapters such as this to lure you into the next chapter. I consider this book to be truly amazing. It reminds you of those around you and sometimes how much we tend to forget about those that we love. It’s funny that while I was reading this book we are studying the value of life because to begin with, the book starts off with the main character, Charley, trying to commit suicide. He sees his life as totally worthless and not worth living. He is divorced and has a daughter who recently got married and the only reason he knew was because she sent him pictures of the ceremony. On receiving this letter from his daughter he mentally breaks down, feeling that he is of no concern to anyone, considering he wasn’t invited to his own daughter’s wedding. Eventually, Charley comes into contact with his deceased mother and she helps show him how delicate life is by showing him examples of his past. In the meantime she also tells stories of her life and things that she has realized ever since her passing that helped her realize the meaning of life. By far I consider this the best out of the prior books Albom has written. It was literally a book I could not put down it was like and adventure turning from page to page because you never knew what was going to happen.