FOR ONE MORE DAY

A new novel by

Mitch Albom
He thought he understood the father and mother who raised him. But on the cusp of ending a life of shattered dreams, he is given one last day to learn how much he never knew. As a boy, Charley "Chick" Benetto is forced to choose between being a mamas boy or a daddys boy. Their divorce leaves him angry and yearning, and he vows when he grows up, he will do things better. But he doesnt. His own dreams wither. Alcoholism separates him from those he loves most. On the night he decides to end it all, a reckless drive back to his boyhood home becomes a journey unlike any other.

Mitch Albom delivers a powerful meditation on family in his new and second novel, FOR ONE MORE DAY (Hyperion/ September 26, 2006/ $ 21.95). A story of a man who gets ones last chance with the mother who sacrificed everything for him, the new novel is written in the potent, quiet style that has won Albom so many readers for both his nonfiction and his bestselling novel, The Five People You Meet In Heaven.

The Five People You Meet In Heaven sold over six million copies in its first two years of publication, making it the bestselling hardcover first novel ever. Now with more than eight million copies sold worldwide, the book has also been successfully transformed into an ABC-TV special event movie, starring Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli, which aired in December, 2004, and scored the highest ratings for any TV film that year. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, along with Albom's non-fiction memoir Tuesdays with Morrie, has been embraced by municipalities, schools, and community organizations for reading groups and curriculums all across the country. Both books continue their long runs on national bestseller lists.

FOR ONE MORE DAY meshes Albom's unique gift for humanizing the lessons gleaned from loss with his keen eye for families and broken dreams. Posey Bennetto, the mother who returns for one mysterious day, is Alboms first major female character, and his richest depiction to date. Through her struggles as the towns only divorcee in the 1960s, Albom examines the damage done to parents and children when families implode. And through her sometimes difficult but loving journey with her oldest child, he brings new and refreshing insight to the often overlooked relationship of mother and son. FOR ONE MORE DAY explores the question so many of us ask: What would I do if I had one more day with a loved one Id lost? Alboms taut narrative and resonant characters bring some unlikely answers and a stunning finish to a hopeful, inspiring story about the families we love and the decisions we make.

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FOR ONE MORE DAY By Mitch Albom Hyperion Publication date: September 26, 2006 Price: $ 21.95 ISBN: 1401303277

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: MITCH ALBOM is the author of eight books, including The New York Times bestseller "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", and the international bestseller "Tuesdays With Morrie,". In addition to the hugely successful ABC-TV version of The Five People which aired in winter, 2004 - Oprah Winfrey produced a major television movie for ABC based on "Tuesdays With Morrie" that aired in December 1999 and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. A phenomenon in its own right, the movie was not only the mostwatched on any network for that year, it also earned four Emmy Awards in 2000, including "Best TV Film, Best Actor" (Lemmon) and "Best Supporting Actor" (Azaria). With more than 12 million copies now in print, "Tuesdays With Morrie" has been published in 50 countries, and 42 languages, reaching bestseller lists worldwide, including Japan, Australia, Brazil, England and Singapore. Albom's other books include the column collections "Live Albom I" (1987), "Live Albom II" (1990), "Live Albom III" (1992), "Live Albom IV" (1995), as well as sports bestsellers "BO," the autobiography of Bo Schembechler (co-written with Schembechler and also a New York Times bestseller), and "Fab Five" the story of the University of Michigan's fabled basketball recruits who all became starters as freshmen during the early 1990's. Albom wrote the screenplay for "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," and is an established playwright, having authored numerous pieces for the theater, including the off-Broadway version of Tuesdays With Morrie (co-written with Jeffrey Hatcher) which has seen more than 40 productions nationwide, and several recent comedies which have been produced and performed in venues across the country including The Purple Rose Theater in Michigan and the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, CA. For more than a decade, Albom has been named #1 Sports Columnist in the Nation by the sports editors of America (APSE), the highest honor in his field. He has also received seven first place APSE honors for feature writing. During his career, Albom has received more than 200 writing awards from AP, UPI, Headliners Club, National Sportswriters and Broadcasters Associations, and others. His work has appeared in numerous national and international publications, including Parade, Sports Illustrated, GQ, Sport, The New York Times, TV Guide, USA Today, and Germany's popular GEO Magazine as well as on the Internet with MSNBC. Albom, for the last decade, has hosted a popular daily radio talk show which originates from Detroit and was at one time simulcast by MSNBC across the nation. He is also a panelist on ESPN's "Sports Reporters," seen every Sunday by a nationwide audience. Music has been an important part of Albom's life. Long before he became a journalist, Albom was a professional musician. An accomplished songwriter and lyricist, Albom wrote the song "Cookin' For Two" for a television film directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christmas In Connecticut. Most recently, he wrote the lyrics for a song recorded by singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, with comedian David Letterman and

Paul Schaefers band contributing to the track. Albom plays keyboards and sings with The Rock Bottom Remainders, a collective of writers which includes Steven King, Dave Barry, Scott Turrow, Amy Tan and Ridley Pearson and whose performances raise funds for various literacy projects around the country. Albom has founded three charities in the metropolitan Detroit area: "The Dream Fund," established in 1989, allows disadvantaged children to become involved with the arts. "A Time To Help," founded in 1998, brings volunteers together once a month to tackle various projects in Detroit, including staffing shelters, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, and operating meals on wheels programs for the elderly. S.A.Y Detroit, Alboms most recent effort, is an umbrella program to fund shelters and care for the homeless in his city. Albom serves on the boards of various charities and, in 1999, was named National Hospice Organization's Man of the Year. A Philadelphia native, Mitch Albom graduated with a bachelors degree from Brandeis University and earned a Master's Degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and an MBA in from Columbia Business School in New York City.