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Mitch
Albom is the author of eight books, including the bestseller
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven," and the phenomenal
bestseller "Tuesdays With Morrie." Oprah Winfrey
produced a major television movie for ABC based on "Tuesdays
With Morrie" that aired in December, 1999, and starred Jack
Lemmon and Hank Azaria. A phenomenon in its own right, the
movie was not only the most-watched on any network for that year,
it also earned four Emmy Awards in 2000, including those for
"Best Actor" (Lemmon) and "Best Supporting
Actor" (Azaria). With more than five million copies now
in print, "Tuesdays With Morrie" is also published in 34
countries, in 30 languages, and was a bestseller in Japan,
Australia, Brazil, and England.
Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie" story has been featured
in many national
publications, including People Magazine, Life Magazine, TV
Guide, and
Redbook. Albom has also been featured on several
national television
programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC's Today Show,
the CBS Early Show, Larry King Live, the Tom Snyder Show, and
the Rosie
O'Donnell Show.
Albom's other books include "Live Albom I" (1987),
"Live Albom II"
(1990), "Live Albom III" (1992), "Live Albom
IV" (1995), "BO," the
autobiography of Bo Schembechler, and "Fab Five" the
story of the University of Michigan's famed men's basketball
recruits who all became starters as freshmen during the early
1990's. |
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Ruby stepped
toward him. "Edward," she said softly. It was the first time she had called him by name. "Learn this from me.
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We
think that
hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to
ourselves.
"Forgive, Edward. Forgive.
Do you remember the lightness
you felt when you first arrived in heaven?"
Eddie did. Where is my pain?
"That's because no one is born with
anger. And when we die,
the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must
understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to
feel it."
She touched his hand.
"You need to forgive your father."
Mitch Albom
from The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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