For One More Day by Mitch Albom

I went to Barnes and Noble and wandered the aisles for the first time in a long time. Oh how I love that place. If you've read my blog you know I'm a big Mitch Albom fan. I've read many of his books (blogs here: The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Tuesdays with Morrie, and The Time Keeper). The back cover roped me in with this: "If you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it?"

For One More Day is about a former baseball player who has lost everything. As a kid, his parents get divorced and he's faced with choosing school, his mom's preference, or baseball, his dad's preference. He is raised by his mother, but chooses to pursue baseball. Eventually, he has a brief stint in the majors, but never makes a career out of it. After starting a family, life breaks down and he drinks heavily. Soon his wife divorces him and his daughter doesn't invite him to her wedding. One night after too many drinks, he decides to end his life. During that night, he gains perspective on many things from his childhood and growing up. You'll have to read the book to hear how it ends.

There is a bit of a ghost aspect to it, which if you know me you know I hate things like that. But it works it this setting. Certain stories that he shares can be gut-wrenching, but I think everyone experiences moments like those. The very end was also a bit of a surprise. Last comment on this is many of Albom's books are based on true stories. When you read this book, it certainly has that feel, but from my research on Google, it seems this is a work of fiction. Overall, it was a good story to get me back into reading.

My rating for For One More Day: 3.5 stars out of 5. Get it here!