Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson is a 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom. The book is about a series of visits Albom made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[1][2] Albom's subsequent memoir has been widely reviewed and has received critical attention after features by The Boston Globe and Nightline about Schwartz's dying.[1][3][4][5][6]
The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers List for 23 combined weeks in 2000, remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for several years, and was, as of 2006, the best-selling memoir of all time.[2]
