特別推薦：《最新漢英特色詞匯》   Author: Mitch Albom  List Price: $21.95 Pages: 197 Publisher: Hyperion  ISBN: 1401303277           | Book description |   This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father - and she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his life. But somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother again, in their hometown, and gets to spend one last day with her - the day he missed and always wished he'd had. He asks the questions many of us yearn to ask, the questions we never ask while our parents are alive. By the end of this magical day, Charley discovers how little he really knew about his mother, the secret of how her love saved their family, and how deeply he wants the second chance to save his own. 故事以一對母子為主角，他們的關系不僅維持了今世，更在一個來世的時空中相會。主角因父母的離異，必須在父親的要求下做出跟父親或是母親生活的決定，最后他選擇了父親，不過父親卻在他年少時拋棄了他。他重新回到母親身邊，在一次與父親見面之時，母親卻死了。十年來，他心中帶著愧疚，過著潦倒的生活。正當他想要尋死之際，卻發現母親依然活在人世，母親告訴他當時的難言之隱，在母親的教誨下，主角重拾對人生的熱情和方向。這多出來的一天，卻改變了他的一生。 About Author Mitch Albom, the celebrated Detroit Free Press sports columnist who has been suspended for fudging facts in a recent piece, has a bigger name as one of the nation's best-selling authors. His works consist of "Tuesdays with Morrie" (1997) and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (2003). 米奇·艾爾邦(Mitch Albom)，原本是美國最著名的體育新聞記者之一。他創作的第一本非體育類書《相約星期二》后，轉而成為一位暢銷書作家。另外一本著作《在天堂遇見的五個人》，中文版銷售已逾三十萬冊。 點擊進入更多LT推薦