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Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient, and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds - two men, two faiths, two communities - that will inspire readers everywhere.

Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, 10 people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food, and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. “Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says. “I am the Lord,” the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling and inspiring novel yet.

Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character - Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist ever to walk the Earth - in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. It's an epic story of the greatest guitar player ever to live and the six lives he changed with his magical blue strings.

From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper--a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours.

The First Phone Call from Heaven tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out. An allegory about the power of belief - and a page-turner that will touch your soul - Albom's masterful storytelling has never been so moving and unexpected.

As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.

From internationally bestselling author Mitch Albom comes Human Touch, a fictional yet ripped-from-the-headlines story about how lives intersect in a small Michigan town amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Human Touch is a story being told in real time, to be published in weekly installments.

Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the 40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says "no one in Haiti can help you with."

Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination; it's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life.

Maybe it was a grandparent or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran turned amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story. 

In part three of Human Touch, decisions have consequences. Sam battles the virus in secret, Old Man Ricketts must decide between his grandson and his family, Pastor Winston defies the laws for his church, and Greg and Aimee feel the effects of pandemic at home and in the hospital. Meanwhile, Little Moses has a vivid dream - a vision of how he may help all those who are suffering.  

In part five of Human Touch, Pastor Winston is racked with guilt, Ava confesses that she may have exposed her grandmother to the virus, Little Moses continues to secretly provide comfort, and Sam reaches a breaking point - suggesting he and Cindy leave town altogether. Meanwhile, Greg and his medical colleagues are shocked to learn a secret about Little Moses's blood.

In part four of Human Touch, Little Moses is having strange dreams, Aimee’s mother Ginger is rushed to the hospital with the virus, a resentful Buck takes up with a militia group, Pastor Winston is arrested for holding church services, and Cindy grapples with anti-Chinese backlash. Rosebaby makes a bold move to help Greg find a cure, but will he accept it?

In part two of Human Touch, we see how the personal and professional lives of our four families are uprooted after COVID-19 is officially classified as a pandemic. Plus, more of Little Moses’s mysterious past is revealed.

In episode seven of Human Touch, many stories reach a crescendo; the “militia” group has Little Moses kidnapped and realizes he may be worth a huge ransom, federal officials descend on Greg and Carl demanding to know how they created a new serum, Pastor Winston comes down with the virus, Rosebaby searches for her missing son, and a strange, unexpected character enters the picture.

In part eight - and the final episode - of Human Touch, the search for Little Moses reaches a fever pitch, as the four families take matters into their own hands. Meanwhile, the true relationship between Little Moses and the strange Haitian man is revealed, Ginger discovers that the virus has devastated her assisted living community, Pastor Winston makes peace with his decisions, and the small militia makes its last stand as scientists race for a cure, guided by a child's mysterious blood cells.

In episode six of Human Touch, Ginger makes a miraculous recovery, Greg sees that Little Moses's blood is special, Sam asks for a transfer out of state, and, after a congregant dies from the virus, Pastor Winston believes he must catch it himself as penance. Meanwhile, Little Moses has another dream, Ava wants to make amends with her parents, and, after escaping the chaos of the protest, the “militia” plans a shocking attack on the street corner.