An inspiring and bittersweet read—and a perfect follow-up to one of my all-time favourite books: Tuesdays with Morrie. Though less topical and applicable to my life as a young adult, I appreciated the wisdom and perspective of live through Morrie's eyes.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to listen to an ARC of this audiobook. Unfortunately I realized only after starting it that I am not the target audience. I had read and journaled about Tuesday's with Morrie in high school an as an adult and so I was eager to listen to this but I found it is very singularly focused on aging. If you're looking for a book on how to age well, gracefully etc this may be for you, it was not however for me. I missed the deeper take always and the heart that TWM had and if I was in perhaps a different headspace (or life place) there would have been more for me in this but alas there was not at this time and I struggled to finish it. The narrator had a fine voice but I struggled to stay engaged with him and the text.

This book is written for people 65 and older to help them live easy. I loved examples that are so different and that every decition we make it should be only good to us not to society or to everyone else. While the book is written for aging I think everyone can benefit from it. Earlier you start happy you get better handeling different situations in life.

I was hoping this would be a book similar to other books by and about Morrie Schwartz. Sadly this was not the case. Maybe it is because I am not of the age where I have the experiences to look back on my life in the same manner, or I don't fully grasp the meanings being expressed.

I have seen reviews praising this book and saying it is a great companion to TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. I just don't see it. I wonder if I need to wait a little while and go back for a second round in order to see if my opinion changes. For now, I'm not a fan.

My grandmother passed away from ALS when I was two, so I never experienced life with her. I grasped at any memory I had, but the story of Morrie Schwartz in Tuesday's With Morrie gave me bits of insight into her disease. I was excited to see that there was another book about Morrie and immediately requested it. Unfortunately, as a 30-year-old woman, I am not the target reader for this book. Once realizing that it was not intended for someone my age, I struggled to finish it. I wanted to love it, but I don't think it was for me.

DNF

I listened to about 1/3 of this book. I didn't care for the narrator, and I also felt as if it were boring. I think, if I were in the season of life from which Morrie was writing, I might have been able to relate to it more and thus been more interested.

Thank you to Blackstone Publishing and Rob Schwartz for allowing me to listen to an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book for an honest review. I would also like to acknowledge Morrie Schwartz. I am grateful for his journaled thoughts and wisdom at the end of his life that could in turn be shared with his beloved readers and fans.

The Wisdom of Morrie was made available to the public on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

I was beyond thrilled to learn that I had been
approved to listen to this book! I read Tuesdays with Morrie as the common read my first year at Meredith College. I quickly fell in love with Morrie and Mitch. Their relationship as student and teacher…as mentee and mentor…has continued to take up space in my brain 23 years later. Subliminally, the book most likely influenced my decision to become an educator working as a Student Affairs Administrator in Higher Education.

The Wisdom of Morrie was put together and published by Morrie’s son, Rob. The book serves as a perfect compliment to Tuesdays with Morrie.

Morrie’s words help readers understand that it is perfectly normal to be fearful of getting old and dying. His wisdom reminds us that you should never let your fear outweigh your joy and your ability to take risks.

I related most to the section of the book that addressed positivity and despair. Morrie’s thoughts and writing helped me realize that since COVID, I have been operating more frequently in a place of desperation instead of positivity. I was not able to recognize this on my own until listening to the comparisons provided by Morrie. Living in a place of despair is not natural or comfortable to me. So, I’ve got some work ahead of me in order for my thoughts and responses to be constructed and lead with positivity again. A hard concept to swallow for sure but one that is necessary for me to start feeling like my true self again. Thank you for this, Morrie! ❤️

I feel like I'm the only one on the planet who has yet to read the beloved "Tuesdays with Morrie" about the author's meetings with his professor, Morrie Schwartz, who was dying of ALS.

That's why, when an advanced listener copy of the audiobook "The Wisdom of Morrie" became available on NetGalley, I was on it! And, I probably gained a unique perspective on Morrie's life, having listened to his words that he wrote well before his time with "Tuesdays" author, Mitch Albom.

This is a touching, honest look at how we view seniors, aging, retirement, etc. And it will make you think about your own prejudices against the aging and how you might look at your own aging. It's also about what it means to grow older, who we want to become, what we still want to accomplish, how to make meaning of the time we have left and finding meaning and connection.

There are great lessons in this book, and I'd recommend it for anyone who is currently looking at retirement or in retirement. Or, for someone with an aging parent or is in a caretaking role. It will give you a fresh perspective on what they're facing!

I also enjoyed the narration by the talented and award-winning Steven Weber.

Many thanks to Blackstone Publishing for an ALC of "The Wisdom of Morrie" via the NetGalley app.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for gifting me an audio ARC of this inspiring book by Morrie Schwartz and Rob Schwartz, narrated by Steven Weber - 4 stars!

Morrie, the subject of the wonderful book Tuesdays with Morrie, wrote this book before his death and his son found the manuscript. This book explores how to live and age better. It gives ways to rethink aging and how we can find joy in each day, even while facing challenges. Besides just voice platitudes, it gives concrete suggestions on how to find purpose in each day and how to deal with grief and loss.

A great companion piece to Tuesdays with Morrie, and the narration by actor Steven Weber was wonderful!

I thoroughly enjoyed “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom so I looked forward to reading a book written by Morrie about aging and how to have your best life. There is a lot of “food for thought” and pearls of wisdom in “The Wisdom of Morrie”. This book was edited by his son, Rob Schwartz and published posthumously. As a note - This book is written in a much more clinical style which his son notes in the Foreward.
3.5 stars, rounded up — for the audio version of this book

I “met” Morrie for the first time back in high school through senior year required reading. Morrie and I would meet again ten years later when I started working as a school librarian and students were also required to read Tuesdays with Morrie. More gems of wisdom stuck out to me during my second reading than did my first and mostly this was because I’d aged a few years. I'm sure that Wisdom of Morrie will be a similar experience. Wisdom of Morrie is a book that Morrie wrote about aging, prior to getting diagnosed with ALS. It is full of suggestions and tips about living a great life in old age. As a mom of a toddler in the middle of my career, most of the wisdoms contained in this latest book seem on the surface not to be applicable to me. I don’t have the luxury of sleeping in, at all, so the idea to limit this doesn’t apply. However, underneath all the suggestions that apply to an older population is the suggestion that no matter what age, we can, and should, live happy, healthy, productive lives. That is a suggestion that I can get behind. This book would make a great gift for a new retiree as they navigate the next chapter in their lives. My only suggestion for improvement is to update the research studies. Since Morrie was a college professor he backs many of his suggestions with research studies. As a librarian, I applaud this but citing a study from 1994 doesn’t have the same clout as a more recent one. Much research has gone into gerontology studies and I would have liked to see this part updated by Rob (Morrie’s son). This probably wasn’t done to preserve the book exactly the way Morrie wrote it, but I would have liked to have seen this slight addition. Overall, a recommended purchase for organizations serving older populations.