This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father - and she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his life. But somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother again, in their hometown, and gets to spend one last day with her - the day he missed and always wished he'd had. He asks the questions many of us yearn to ask, the questions we never ask while our parents are alive. By the end of this magical day, Charley discovers how little he really knew about his mother, the secret of how her love saved their family, and how deeply he wants the second chance to save his own.

From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie , a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. "Every family is a ghost story . . ." Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie . Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss. For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier–-is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together. Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they'd lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.

Will you do my eulogy? With those words, Mitch Albom begins his long-awaited return to non-fiction. His journey to honour the last request of a beloved clergyman ultimately leads him to rekindle his own long-ignored faith. Albom spends years exploring churches and synagogues, the suburbs and the city, the 'us' versus 'them' of religion. Slowly, he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a crumbling church that houses the homeless, and is stunned at how similar belief can be. As his own beloved cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his final farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many forms and places.

曾經，他是老師眼中的希望。大學畢業之後，他進入社會的浮沉，在幻滅的理想人生中掙扎。直到十六年後，才在一個最偶然的機會和老師重逢。而他的老師，只剩下生命中最後幾個月時間。於是，他又上了14堂他老師的星期二的課。這次，課上的學生只有他一人……
本書作者在昔日恩師生命的最後幾個月，每星期二到老師家看他、這位誨人不倦的老師墨瑞．史瓦茲，面對著死亡一步一步逼近，不僅自己勇敢面對，窮究其多面的意義，更藉著與學生米奇的談話，一點一點柔軟了米奇因世故而僵硬的心，讓他重新看待生活。

這位墨瑞，誠實地看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼、脆弱與哀傷，承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨，但他掙脫這些情緒的束縛，展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜，並且帶著幽默感。

也許你和作者一樣，年輕時曾遇到過這麼一個人，他比你年長，有耐心又有智慧，懂得你年輕徬徨的心，教導你為人處世之道。但是，你後來與他斷了連絡，獨自在人生路上奮鬥，你的視野變窄，你的夢想褪色。再沒有人在你身邊為你指引方向，告訴你生命的路怎麼走。

作者在這樣的時刻和老師重聚，上了最後的一門課，一門學著如何活在世上、如何對待死亡的課。如今我們也有幸旁聽這堂課，汲取其中的溫暖與智慧。這是個會發光發熱的真實故事，讀後讓你一輩子感到溫馨。

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE such an astonishing book. The novel's protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. While each guide takes him through heaven, Eddie learns a little bit more about what his time on earth meant, what he was supposed to have learned, and what his true purpose on earth was. Throughout there are dramatic flashbacks where we see scenes from his troubled childhood, his years in the army in the Philippines jungle, and with his first and only love, his wife Marguerite. THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is the perfect book to follow TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. Its compellingly affecting themes and lyrical writing will fascinate Mitch Albom's huge readership.

曾經，他是老師眼中的希望。 大學畢業之後，他進入社會的浮沉， 在幻滅的理想人生中掙扎。 直到十六年後，才在一個最偶然的機會和老師重逢。 而他的老師，只剩下生命中最後幾個月時間。 於是，他又上了14堂他老師的星期二的課。 這次，課上的學生只有他一人…….
本書作者在昔日恩師生命的最後幾個月，每星期二到老師家看他、這位誨人不倦的老師墨瑞．史瓦茲，面對著死亡一步一步逼近，不僅自己勇敢面對，窮究其多面的意義，更藉著與學生米奇的談話，一點一點柔軟了米奇因世故而僵硬的心，讓他重新看待生活。
這位墨瑞，誠實地看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼、脆弱與哀傷，承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨，但他掙脫這些情緒的束縛，展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜，並且帶著幽默感。
也許你和作者一樣，年輕時曾遇到過這麼一個人，他比你年長，有耐心又有智慧，懂得你年輕徬徨的心，教導你為人處世之道。但是，你後來與他斷了連絡，獨自在人生路上奮鬥，你的視野變窄，你的夢想褪色。再沒有人在你身邊為你指引方向，告訴你生命的路怎麼走。
作者在這樣的時刻和老師重聚，上了最後的一門課，一門學著如何活在世上、如何對待死亡的課。如今我們也有幸旁聽這堂課，汲取其中的溫暖與智慧。這是個會發光發熱的真實故事，讀後讓你一輩子感到溫馨。

歷經八年探索，暢銷書作者米奇‧艾爾邦深入兩個真實人物的生命，帶給我們一個關於「希望、堅持、認錯與相信」的故事。
故事從一個問題開始：「你願意為我撰寫祭文嗎？」問這問題的人，是米奇小時候參加的猶太教會裡的牧師。這時老牧師已經八十二歲。為此，米奇回到他出生成長的故鄉，踏入一個他曾經知道但被他拋開多年的世界。
與此同時，他在目前居住的城市結識了另一位叫做亨利的基督教牧師。亨利牧師特別關注窮人和遊民，但他曾經由於販毒入罪坐牢。這兩位牧師，一白一黑；一個六十年如一日，而今垂垂老矣，一個曾誤入歧途、歷經滄桑但現在虔誠又熱心；一個謹守宗教儀式、生活規律，另一個則在溫飽邊緣奮鬥。他們帶領的會眾不一樣；他們禱告的方式也不同。
在這一切的不同之中，他們有一個相像之處：他們都是有信仰的人。老猶太牧師，因著信仰而無懼於死亡迫近；黑人基督牧師，倚靠信仰來帶領他和他教會的信眾渡過艱難的每一日。
藉由這兩位上帝信使的故事，米奇與我們一起思索生命的難題：
好人遇到了壞事，該如何面對？
做錯事的人也能重新來過嗎？
什麼叫做原諒？什麼叫做真正的自由？
有可能與信奉不同宗教的人和諧相處嗎？
到底有沒有一個叫做天堂的地方存在？
你可以一面懷疑、還一面相信著什麼嗎？
信仰，真的有辦法帶領人渡過難關嗎？
最後，米奇發現：假如你相信有一個比你自身更大的事物存在，而且你仰賴祂的力量，你將會獲得深刻而踏實的安慰。進入了信仰的世界，你將會發現：人們相像的地方遠遠多於相異之處。
這本書，會碰觸到每個人內心深處那株具有神性的火苗；那是我們被創造出來的時刻，造物主在我們身上留下的印記。當我們軟弱、痛苦、不知如何是好的時候，願我們學著放下自己，仰望上天，讓上帝做出更好的安排。