SUMMARY: 'Will you do my eulogy?' With those words, Mitch Albom begins his return to non-fiction. In this book he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a church that houses the homeless. As his own cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many
Have a Little Faith
โ Scribed by Albom, Mitch
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities--that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith...
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