In For One More Day, Chick says, “Kids chase the love that eludes them.” How does this play out over the course of the novel? Whose love does he chase, ultimately, and why?
Watch Mitch’s response.
For more of the interactive reading group guide, visit http://www.albom.com/foronemoreday/fomd_rg_video.html
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In For One More Day, Chick says, “Kids chase the love that eludes them.” How does this play out over the course of the novel? Whose love does he chase, ultimately, and why?
Watch Mitch’s response.
For more of the interactive reading group guide, visit http://www.albom.com/foronemoreday/fomd_rg_video.html
Talk about the character Eddie, and the real-life inspiration for him.
For more of the reading group guide, visit http://www.albom.com/fivepeople/rgg_video
NEW ON DVD:
The film, based on Mitch Albom’s bestselling novel For One More Day and starring award-winning actors Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli, tells the tale of a broken man who has reached the end of his rope, only to magically discover, in his most despairing hour, that fate has given him one extra day with a loved one. Burstyn received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for her role as Posey Benetto.
For more exclusive clips, visit http://www.mitchalbom.com/films_fomd.html
Millions of readers worldwide have read and explored the question: “What would I do if I had one more day with a loved one I’d lost?” Albom’s second novel, FOR ONE MORE DAY centers on Charley "Chick" Benetto, who, as a child, is forced to choose between being a mama’s boy or a daddy’s boy. His parents split up, and their divorce leaves him angry and yearning. He vows when he grows up, he will do things better. But he doesn’t. His own dreams wither. Alcoholism separates him from those he loves most. On the night he decides to end it all, a reckless drive back to his boyhood home becomes a journey unlike any other.