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For One More Day (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Mitch Albom (Author) (edit contributors)

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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. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss. For One More Day is the story of a... read more

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The title of this book already is a give-away. Basically the main character, Charley Benetto, wishes he could have one more day with his deceased mother. Considering his parents divorced when he was young, it affected him both physically and mentally. As Charley grows up, his family grows... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The title of this book already is a give-away. Basically the main character, Charley Benetto, wishes he could have one more day with his deceased mother. Considering his parents divorced when he was young, it affected him both physically and mentally. As Charley grows up, his family grows further and further apart. His father, who left the family, advises him to become a major baseball player and gives Charley high expectations to be the best he possibly can. The day he happens to secretly leave to meet up with his father to pay an important game of baseball, his mother passes away. He regrets this day for the rest of his life. The story goes on talking about what he would do if he had one more day to see her and how the main character copes with his depression, and looses himself within it. Throughout the book, Charley reminiscences on his childhood and what he could have done to prevent his mother's death.

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  • “"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back."”
  • “When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”
    Pauline "Posey" Benetto
  • “"But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin."”
  • “life's book is hard to understand”
  • “The backside of a mountian is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.”
    mountain climber
  • “When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times”
    Posey Benetto
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  • “When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”
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  • You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.
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  • But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.
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  • “A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough.”
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  • “It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”
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  • You see, here’s my theory: Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father’s love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.
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  • I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you’ll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn’t.
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  • What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you’re so wrecked it’s hard to believe you ever were a child?
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  • Sharing tales of those we’ve lost is how we keep from really losing them.
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  • It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. “The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature,” he said. “You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.”
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The story happened in Pepperville Beach Village. It is Chick Benetto’s hometown, Where his family encountered both good and bad memories

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Let me guess. You want to know why I tried to kill myself.

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I. Midnight
1. Chick's Story
2. Chick Tries to End It All

II. Morning
3. Chick's Mom
4. How Mother Met Father
5. Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
6. Chick Returns to His Old House
7. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
8. Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
9. The Melody Changes
10. The Encounter Inside the House
11. Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
12. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
13. A Fresh Start
14. A Meal Together
15. Chick's Family After the Divorce
16. Walking
17. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
18. Rose
19. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
20. Embarassed Children
21. Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
22. Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
23. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
24. Rose Says Good-Bye

III. Noon
25. Chick and College
26. The Middle of the Day
27. When Ghosts Return
28. Miss Thelma
29. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
30. Chicks Make His Choice
31. The Work You Have to Do
32. Reaching the Top
33. The Second Visit Ends

IV. Night
34. The Sunlight Fades
35. The Day He Wanted Back
36. Time's My Mother Stood Up for Me
37. The Game
38. Chick Finds Out His Mom is Gone
39. A Third and Final Visit
40. Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother
41. Everything Explained
42. Chick Finishes His Story
43. Chick's Final Thoughts

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Index

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This is book 1 of 11 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 2006. (authoritative list)

Followed by Cross.

This book is in 2010-2011 Iowa High School Battle of the Books. (authoritative list)

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  1. Mitch Albom (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion
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Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1401303277
Page Count: 208

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