HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

A True Story

by MITCH ALBOM

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New hardcover book, 254 pages, published October 2009

In the beginning there was a question. "Will you do my eulogy?" As is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favour. Actually I was being given one.

With those words, Mitch Albom begins his long-awaited return to non-fiction. Twelve years after the publication of the unforgettable Tuesdays with Morrie, here is another beautifully written story of a remarkable journey between two worlds - two men, two faiths, two communities - that will inspire readers everywhere.

His journey to honour the last request of a beloved clergyman ultimately leads him to rekindle his own long-ignored faith. Albom spends years exploring churches and synagogues, the suburbs and the city, the 'us' versus 'them' of religion. Slowly, he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a crumbling church with a hole in its roof that houses the homeless, and is stunned at how similar belief can be.

As the world struggles with hard times and people turn more to their beliefs, Mitch and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man: how to endure whn difficult things happen, what heaven is; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times.

And when his own beloved cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his final farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many forms and places. And he finally understands what both men had been teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself.

Have a Little Faith is a book about a life's purpose: about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all.

It is one man's journey, but it is everyone's story.

About the author:

Mitch Albom is an author, playwright, journalist and screenwriter who has written six books including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time. His first novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) is the most successful U.S. hardback first novel ever and has to date sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Tuesdays With Morrie (1997) his chronicle of time spent with a beloved but dying college professor, spent four years on the NY Times bestsellers list. Both books were eventually turned into celebrated TV films. The critically acclaimed Five People You Meet in Heaven aired on ABC in winter, 2004. Oprah Winfrey produced the film version of Tuesdays With Morrie in December 1999; starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The film garnered four Emmy awards, including best TV film, director, actor and supporting actor.

An award-winning journalist and radio host, Albom wrote the screenplay for The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and is an established playwright, having authored numerous pieces for the theater, including the off-Broadway version of Tuesdays With Morrie (co-written with Jeffrey Hatcher) which has seen more than 40 productions nationwide, and several recent comedies which have been produced and performed in venues across the country.

Albom has founded three charities in the metropolitan Detroit area: "The Dream Fund," established in 1989, allows disadvantaged children to become involved with the arts. "A Time To Help," founded in 1998, brings volunteers together once a month to tackle various projects in Detroit, including staffing shelters, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, and operating meals on wheels programs for the elderly. Albom's most recent effort, is an umbrella program to fund shelters and care for the homeless in his city. He also raises money for literacy projects through a variety of means including his performances with The Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of writers which includes Steven King, Dave Barry, Scott Turrow, Amy Tan and Ridley Pearson. Albom serves on the boards of various charities and, in 1999, was named National Hospice Organization's Man of the Year.

He lives with his wife Janine in Michigan

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Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom