The Red Book Club |
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Read, Eat and Drink! | ||
Archived March 2004 |
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| established September, 1997 | ||
Upcoming EventsMarch at MaryRose's will be delightful as we discuss The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom on Monday, March 29th at 7:00 pm. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, is a story about an amusement park mechanic named Eddie who dies trying to save a little girl. The book begins by detailing Eddie's movements during his last hour alive. Albom writes that although it "might seem strange to start a story with an ending?all endings are also beginnings". When Eddie dies he finds himself in heaven, where he soon learns that he will meet five people who will explain to him the meaning of his life...Mitch Albom is the author of seven books, including Tuesdays With Morrie, the phenomenal New York Times bestseller that first appeared on that list in October 1997 and stayed atop the list for four straight years. 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). Tuesdays With Morrie has been turned into a play, which can be seen in theatres around the country. With more than five million copies now in print, Tuesdays With Morrie is also published in 36 countries, in 31 languages, and was a bestseller in Japan, Australia, Brazil, and England. |
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