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2006
FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom
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FOR ONE MORE DAY

by Mitch Albom

Hyperion · 2006

Peak rank

#1

Weeks on list

36

Weeks at #1

9

Chart History

#151015200620072008
dashed = off the list

36 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, including 9 weeks at #1

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 fatherand 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 herthe day he missed and always wished hed 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.

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Details

ISBN-13
9781401303297
ISBN-10
1401303293
Published
2006
Pages
312
Publisher
Hyperion
Google rating
3.0(5)
Categories
Fiction

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