Schools teach the book and Morrie's lessons. Tuesdays With Morrie became the biggest-selling memoir in the history of publishing - 15 million copies worldwide. Morrie didn't get a chance to read it before he died, but oh how his words have echoed around the globe. Just weeks before Morrie died, Albom was able to give him the news that Tuesdays With Morrie was finally sold. Publisher after publisher rejected the book proposal. To help pay Morrieās medical bills, Albom wrote a slim book from their recorded conversations. He then visited him on a Tuesday, then the Tuesday after that, and then weekly for the next six months as Morrie's disease progressed. After processing what his sociology professor was saying - not just that he was facing death but that he wanted to share bits of wisdom on how to live ("Learn to forgive yourself and others"), Albom summoned up the courage to call Morrie.
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