{"product_id":"1401309577-for_one_more_day","title":"For One More Day","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/i\u003e, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Every family is a ghost story . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/i\u003e. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor One More Day\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough 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. \u003ci\u003eFor One More Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003eIn Albom's, second novel, retired baseball player Charley \"Chick\" Benetto-facing the pain of unfulfilled ambitions, alcohol abuse, divorce, and estrangement from a grown daughter-returns to his abandoned childhood home and attempts suicide in a bungling fit of rage. He encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, Pauline \"Posey\" Benetto, who Chick thoughtlessly took for granted during both his formative years as cocky athlete and his booze-soaked adulthood. Miraculously, Chick can now apologize to Posey for his ingratitude concerning the sacrifices she made as a single, working mother. Albom narrates with finesse, particularly in Chick's wistful litany of his mother's pearls of wisdom, \"A child embarrassed by his mother is just a child who hasn't lived long enough.\" If Posey's truisms may not necessarily break new literary ground, Albom deserves credit for giving her depth and complexity that transcend familiar pop culture notions of motherhood in '50s America. The gentle strumming of musical accompaniment befits Albom's brand of writing. This \"ghost story\" provides an affirming tale of moral instruction and emotional catharsis. Simultaneous release with the Hyperion hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 28). (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":46671127347390,"sku":"1401309577-3","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/412nMu5o2UL._SL500.jpg?v=1776881548","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1401309577-for_one_more_day","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}