Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. What 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. His mother–who died eight years earlier–is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?Īs 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.ĭecades later, Charley is a broken man. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.įor One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie.

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