For One More Day

Written by Mitch Albom ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Published by     Sphere; New Ed edition (6 Sept. 2007) Genre Contemporary fiction Pages 208

The blurb:

Every family is a ghost story . . .'

As a child, Charley 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 him disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been destroyed by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits rock bottom after discovering he won't be invited to his only daughter's wedding. And he decides to take his own life. Charley makes a midnight ride to his small hometown: his final journey. But as he staggers into his old house, he makes an astonishing discovery. His mother - who died eight years earlier - is there, and welcomes Charley home as if nothing had ever happened. What follows is the one seemingly 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.

Contemporary fiction    Fiction   

My thoughts:

I chose this book because I had so enjoyed The Five People You meet in Heaven.

Charley's story is a beautiful, touching and thought-provoking story, eloquently told and one I will be rereading shortly.

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