For one more day

Written by: Mitch Albom

For one more dayThis is a story about a family and, as there is a ghost involved, you might call it a ghost story.

For one more dayBut every family is a ghost story : “The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone."

Author:Mitch Albom is

the author of the International Bestsellers the Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie.

AuthorHe lives in Michigan with his wife , Janine. He was America’s number one Sports Columnist and he was also a former professional musician.

The story happened in Pepperville Beach Village. It is Chick Benetto’s hometown, the place where he has built good and bad memories with his family.

Setting:

PlotWhat would you do if you

could spend one more day with a lost loved one?

Would the experience allow you to fix wrongs from the past?

Would it change who you are going forward?

Summary This book is the story of

Chick Benetto and the day that he was able to spend with his deceased mother.

The main character—Chick BenettoChick is a broken man. He has been drinking too

much for too many years. He lost his job and his wife,

he lost his daughter too.

A heartbreaking newsWhen his daughter got

married, she didn’t tell him until later because she didn't want him showing up at the wedding and making a scene.

Suicide !This news opens Chick's eyes

to the fact that he is alone and has really screwed up his life.

So he decides to kill himself !

Home comingHe decides to go back to his

childhood home, Pepperville Beach Village.

He wants to kill himself there.

A day with his dead mother But when he arrives, he

meets his long dead mother there and she asks him if he wants some

breakfast.

The truth…As Chick spent the day with

his mother he learned the truth of his parents’ divorce.

A daddy’s boyHe was a daddy's boy and

idolized his father, but suddenly his father left.

His mother was still there, loving him and caring for him, but he didn't want her - he wanted his father.

A daddy’s boyHe and his father shared a

dream that he would one day be a great baseball player.

So Chick continued playing baseball.

A daddy’s boyThat was his only connection

with his father and he knew that one day his father would come back into Chick's life.

The truthBut Chick was so focused on

baseball and his missing father that he was totally unaware of what his mother was going through,

trying to raise two children on her own in a time when people didn't get divorced.

Reconnection between mother & sonWhen he was granted one

more day with his mother, he learned of the sacrifices she made for him.

He was finally able to see things from a new perspective, an adult, not a child.

Reconnection between mother & sonHe was very regret. He spent his whole life trying to

get his father’s acceptance, but his father regarded him as nothing more than a baseball player while his mother loved him unconditionally.

Reconnection between mother &son

It is with his mother that he begins to realize how precious life is, no matter how hard things are, they can always be fixed.

FeelingsI liked Posey, Chick’s mother very much.

She is very strong and determined. When she was divorced to Len (Chick’s father), people in their hometown hated her.

The suffering of his mother

Divorce, at that time was not acceptable.

The women in their village were jealous of her because she’s pretty and she did not have a husband.

The suffering of his motherThey felt that Posey was a

threat to their family. Posey ignored these

rejections, she tried very hard to raise her children.

The suffering of his motherShe was a nurse but she was

expelled, then she became a beautician, and finally she became a cleaner.

Mother’s loveShe didn’t tell her children

how difficult her life was. She only focused on how to

take care of her children and give them a better future.

ThemeThis book talks about the

mother and son relationship.

Mother loves her children unconditionally.

Self ReflectionWe often take our mother’s

love for granted.

We think that our mother should always stand by us, no matter what.

Self ReflectionIt’s time for us to think for

her. Is there any important moment we stand by her when she needs support? Is there anything we could do for her?

I bet you have the answer.

The EndThat’s all we want to share.

Thank you.

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