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For One More Day is a true story about a man who attempted suicide after feeling that he had lost all hope and reason to live.
Chick Benetto, a former baseball player, last saw his mother on a bad note, and is regretful for failing to make full use of the time he had with her when she was still alive. Chick’s life spirals downhill ever since his mum’s death and is haunted with a string of problems since young; his difficult childhood, his parents’ divorce, the death of his mum, his alcoholic ways, and his dwindling relationships with his wife and only daughter who shut him out on her wedding day, which was the last straw that pushed him to the brink of sanity.
Drunk and in a mess, he drives to his hometown where he had intended to attempt suicide, but got involved in an accident along the way. He fled the scene and went back to his old family home, where he was shocked to see his late mother in the house, talking to him like nothing had happened. He tries to ignore the impossibility of the whole situation, and instead revel in the opportunity to spend a day with his mum. He then resolves his problems and got his life back slowly with her help. He also discovers long-hidden truths about his dad and his family. The magical day comes to an end when he regains consciousness, only to find himself at the scene of the accident, in the hands of a police officer.
Mitch Albom’s For One More Day is a gem of a book. Extremely unputdownable (devoured it in less than a day, and I must add that I involuntarily burst into tears once I read the last line of the book). Here is a must-read for everyone. This will teach you life lessons you can never get from your textbooks; inspiring and genuine, tear-jerking and poignant, guaranteed to tug on your heartstrings.
Albom’s very ability to delve into mortality and touch our hearts, highlighting human’s errs and strengths, is what makes his works so beautiful and life-changing. I’m eternally indebted to him for gifting us with The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesdays With Morrie & now, For One More Day.
”..but there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.”This book will remind yourself that a mum’s love supersedes any man’s fears, weaknesses, and everything else in this world. Purchase this book and keep it as a “guide”. If it ever slips your mind why, or most importantly what you are living for, flip this open, read it again, and remind yourself to never take for granted the time on earth with your loved ones, always make time for them no matter how caught up you are in your own lives, and that your life and everyone present in it is a precious gift; cherish it, live it, and fight for it.
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