Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

A seemingly true story about Mitch, who spends every Tuesday with his old favourite university professor who is dying of ALS (his teaching style reminds me of Mr. Bowker - personal and interesting). The men discuss in a teacher-student-like relationship life, love, family, death, and what is important. Mitch has swayed from his Morrie-inspired, hippyish college thinking, but he is once again encouraged towards a less money-oreiented lifestyle by Morrie's "Where would I be without my family" attitude.
The book is kind of preachy, but has many good ideas and lessons. Although many of Albom's (or Morrie's?) pondering about death and illness were not new to me, if you have not been faced with these realities, this book gives an insight that can only come from someone who has. If you wonder what people think about when they are dying, read this book. That makes it sound depressing, but it is actually very up-lifting and heart-warming.