An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson - so reads the cover of one of the best-selling pieces of non-fiction in the last decade. Based on author Mitch Albom's real-life relationship with his favorite professor, the story chronicles the lessons he learns as his mentor and friend is dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease. A book critics hailed as "a gift to mankind", this inspiring text has sold 12 million copies worldwide, was adapted by Oprah Winfrey into an incredibly successful film starring Hank Azaria and the incomparable Jack Lemmon in his final role, and finally, this fall, has been released for the stage in the author's own adaptation.
An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson - so reads the cover of one of the best-selling pieces of non-fiction in the last decade. Based on author Mitch Albom's real-life relationship with his favorite professor, the story chronicles the lessons he learns as his mentor and friend is dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease. A book critics hailed as "a gift to mankind", this inspiring text has sold 12 million copies worldwide, was adapted by Oprah Winfrey into an incredibly successful film starring Hank Azaria and the incomparable Jack Lemmon in his final role, and finally, this fall, has been released for the stage in the author's own adaptation.
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