MITCH ALBOM

An inspirational, moving new novel from the 40 million copy bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven

ഒരുപക്ഷേ അത് ഒരു മുത്തശ്ശി, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു അധ്യാപകൻ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു സഹപ്രവർത്തകൻ ആയിരിക്കാം. പ്രായമായ, ക്ഷമയും വിവേകവുമുള്ള ഒരാൾ, നിങ്ങൾ ചെറുപ്പമായിരുന്നപ്പോൾ നിങ്ങളെ മനസ്സിലാക്കുകയും അന്വേഷിക്കുകയും ചെയ്]ത, അതിലൂടെ കടന്നുപോകാൻ നിങ്ങളെ സഹായിക്കുന്നതിന് മികച്ച ഉപദേശം നൽകി. മിച്ച് ആൽബോമിനെ സംബന്ധിച്ചിടത്തോളം, ആ വ്യക്തി ഏകദേശം ഇരുപത് വർഷം മുമ്പ് അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ കോളേജ് പ്രൊഫസറായിരുന്ന മോറി ഷ്വാർട്]സ് ആയിരുന്നു. ഒരുപക്ഷേ, മിച്ചിനെപ്പോലെ, നിങ്ങൾ വഴിമാറിയപ്പോൾ ഈ ഉപദേഷ്ടാവിന്റെ ട്രാക്ക് നിങ്ങൾക്ക് നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കാം, സ്ഥിതിവിവരക്കണക്കുകൾ മങ്ങി. ആ വ്യക്തിയെ വീണ്ടും കാണാൻ നിങ്ങൾ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ലേ, ഇപ്പോഴും നിങ്ങളെ വേട്ടയാടുന്ന വലിയ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ ചോദിക്കൂ? മിച്ച് അൽബോമിന് ആ രണ്ടാമത്തെ അവസരം ലഭിച്ചു. വൃദ്ധന്റെ ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ അവസാന മാസങ്ങളിൽ അദ്ദേഹം മോറിയെ വീണ്ടും കണ്ടെത്തി. അവൻ ALS-അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മോട്ടോർ ന്യൂറോൺ രോഗം ബാധിച്ച് മരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട്, മിച്ച് എല്ലാ ചൊവ്വാഴ്ചയും മോറിയെ പഠനത്തിനായി സന്ദർശിച്ചു, അവർ കോളേജിൽ തിരിച്ചെത്തിയതുപോലെ. അവരുടെ പുനരുജ്ജീവിപ്പിച്ച ബന്ധം അവസാനത്തെ ഒരു 'ക്ലാസ്' ആയി മാറി എങ്ങനെ ജീവിക്കണം എന്നതിന്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ. ചൊവ്വാഴ്]ച മോറിയുമായി ഒരുമിച്ചുള്ള ഒരു മാന്ത്രിക ചരിത്രമാണ്, അതിലൂടെ മോറിയുടെ ശാശ്വതമായ സമ്മാനം മിച്ച് ലോകവുമായി പങ്കിടുന്നു.

वयाच्या त्र्याऐंशीव्या जन्मदिनी एक एकांडा शिलेदार एका दुःखद अपघातात मृत्युमुखी पडतो. वरून कोसळणार्या पाळण्याखाली दबून मरू शकणार्या एका छोट्या मुलीला वाचवण्याच्या प्रयत्नात त्याचा स्वतःचा मृत्यू होतो. शेवटच्या श्वासासरशी त्याच्या हातात त्याला इवलेसे हात जाणवतात. त्यानंतर त्याला कुठलीच जाणीव होत नाही. त्याला जाग येते ती मृत्युपश्चात जीवनात. स्वर्ग म्हणजे हिरवंगार, नयनरम्य नंदनवन नसून, पृथ्वीवरच्या जीवनाचा अर्थ लक्षात आणून देणारी जागा आहे हे त्याला समजतं. तिथे उपस्थित असणार्या पाच व्यक्तींकडून तसं समजावलं जातं. या व्यक्ती प्रियजन किंवा परक्याही असू शकतात, तरीसुद्धा प्रत्येक व्यक्तीमुळे नुकत्याच मृत झालेल्या त्या व्यक्तीचा जीवनमार्ग पूर्णतया बदललेला असतो..

THE INSTANT NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe stunning new novel from the bestselling author of global phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecelia Ahern____________Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers try to survive while they wait for rescue.After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves.They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them.But should they put their trust in him?Will any of them see home again?And why did the ship really sink?The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.____________What real readers are saying about The Stranger in the Lifeboat: 'Enthralling storytelling as always from this brilliant writer' FIVE STARS 'Just when I thought I had things figured out . . . plot twist. One that was not expected. And another and another and another. Mind. Blown . . . You just just have to read it' FIVE STARS'Albom can always be depended on to not only write a book that is written well and entertaining, but compels the reader to look within themselves and feel something new' FIVE STARS'A very exciting, thrilling and poignant tale of trying to survive against the odds' FIVE STARS

#1 New York Times BestsellerWhat would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom's profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be "the Lord." And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him.Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in."Thank the Lord we found you," a passenger says."I am the Lord," the man whispers.So begins Mitch Albom's most beguiling and inspiring novel yet.Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven. Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us? What might the Lord look, sound and act like?In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange and quiet man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors already in heaven, or are they in hell?The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is later discovered--a year later--when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat.It falls to the island's chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened. A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.

#1 New York Times BestsellerWhat would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom's profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be "the Lord." And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him.Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in."Thank the Lord we found you," a passenger says."I am the Lord," the man whispers.So begins Mitch Albom's most beguiling novel yet.Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven. Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us?In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors in heaven, or are they in hell? The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered--a year later--when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the island's chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened. A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.

मॉरी नावाच्या वृद्ध प्राध्यापकाला मिच अ]ॅल्बम अनेक वर्षांनंतर भेटतात. मधल्या काळात अनेक स्थित्यंतरं घडलेली असतात. सत्तरी ओलांडलेले मॉरी एका दुर्धर आजारामुळे बिछान्याला खिळलेले असतात. मिच अ]ॅल्बम या वृद्ध प्राध्यापकांना धीर देण्याचा प्रयत्न करतात; पण अ]ॅल्बम यांनाच मॉरीकडून अनोखी जीवनदृष्टी लाभते. प्रेम, संयम, आपुलकी, कुटुंब, मृत्यू... जीवनाच्या अशा अनेक पैलूंबाबत मॉरी यांच्याकडून मिच अ]ॅल्बमना महत्त्वाचे जीवनबोध मिळतात. दर मंगळवारी मॉरीसह त्यांचा संवाद रंगू लागतो आणि सार्वकालिक अशी जीवनमूल्यं आणि जीवनबोध मिच यांना प्राप्त होतात. या गुरू-शिष्यात रंगलेला हा संवाद आणि त्यातून उलगडत जाणारं जीवनाचं सार्वकालिक तत्त्वज्ञान म्हणजे ट्युजडेज् विथ मॉरी हे पुस्तक

"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of MemoirFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie comes Mitch Albom's most personal story to date: an intimate and heartwarming memoir about what it means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika's arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, "No one in Haiti can help you with." Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and humor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost. Told in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is a celebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they formed--a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family, regardless of how it is made.

In this enchanting sequel to the #1 bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.In Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran-turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie's journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Albom reveals Annie's story.The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness.As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey--and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed.Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning--we only need to open our eyes to see it.

International number one bestseller Mitch Albom's first work of non-fiction in ten years - his most personal story to date.

Chika Jeune came into Mitch Albom's life by chance. Growing up in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, at three years old she tragically lost her mother and was brought to the orphanage run by Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika made a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, she delighted those around her. But everything changed when Chika was diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could treat. This discover sparked a two-year, around-the-world journey in search of a cure. Chika's boundless optimism and humour taught Mitch that a relationship built on love can never be lost. This is Mitch Albom at his most poignant, powerful and personal. Chika is a celebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they formed - a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family, regardless of how it is made.