The autobiography of Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learn that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simpl visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life