I could not get out of the car the other day, because I was listening to NPR’s Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air, interview Mitch Albom, the Detroit Free Press sportswriter and best-selling author. Both are from Motown. The interview was riveting because two dynamic storytellers were discussing Albom’s latest book Twice. The tagline says it all: “What if you got to do everything in your life again?”
The only caveat is that if one undoes love, one can never fall in love with that person again. The novel explores love, time travel, second acts and much more.
Mosely is deft at having Albom explain his segue from sports writing to novelist. It all began with his first book Tuesdays with Morrie. Albom also discusses his philanthropic work in Haiti where he runs an orphanage. The interview is personal and raw as he describes losing one child but now has another from the orphanage.
Albom strives to leave a legacy by hoping to make a difference when readers examine their lives after finishing one of his novels. Now, like a thriller novel, the interview takes an unexpected twist. I’m not going to spoil it here. Listen to it or read, and you will be moved. Click here.
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