Tuesdays with Morrie. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom, 1997
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Mick Jackson, 1999

Mitch, a highly successful journalist, is so consumed by his work that he has little time or energy for anything else. One evening, he catches Morrie’s interview on national news and learns that his former professor is suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Impressed by the interview, Mitch reaches out to Morrie and what begins as a visit transforms into a spiritual journey as Mitch opens himself up to the wisdom Morrie has to offer.


Just Like Heaven. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2000 book, If Only It Were True
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If Only It Were True
Marc Levy, 2000
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Mark Waters, 2005

Elizabeth Masterson, a young emergency medicine physician in San Francisco whose work is her whole life, is in a serious car accident while on her way to a blind date. Three months later, David Abbott, a landscape architect recovering from the sudden death of his wife, moves into the apartment that had been Elizabeth’s, after’discovering’ it in what seems to be a fateful happenstance.