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 man who became Father Time.
In Mitch Albom''s newest work of fiction, the inventor of the
world''s first clock is punished for trying to measure God''s
greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to
listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days,
more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is
granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission:
a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true
meaning of time.
He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he
so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely
partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the
other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save
himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.
Told in Albom''s signature spare, evocative prose, this
remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to
reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it and how
precious it truly is.