(WPF) Have a Little Faith / Mitch Albom - 3.5***

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Have a Little Faith – Mitch Albom
Audiobook read by the author
3.5***

As he did with his breakout work, Tuesdays With Morrie , Albom recounts his interviews / conversations with his rabbi, who asked him to give the eulogy at “The Reb’s” funeral. Albom figured he needed to know more about the man and spent several years visiting with the Reb, learning about his way of living his faith.

In the meantime, Albom also came across a compelling story on his Detroit beat. Henry Covington was the pastor of I Am My Brother’s Keeper Ministry. He, too, was called “The Reb” but his congregation was very different from that of Rabbi Lewis, and his path to the pulpit was unusual, to say the least.

And yet, both men, in the ways they led their lives exemplified faith and compassion and dignity and humility and courage and love.

There were a couple of times when I bristled at the feeling of being emotionally manipulated, but I knew going in what kind of work I was likely to experience. This isn’t the first book by Albom that I’ve read. In the end, I found it moving and thought-provoking, comforting and challenging.

Albom narrated the audiobook himself. I cannot imagine anyone else doing a better job of it.



LINK to my review

[NancyJ]

I just read this too, and I agree with you. In terms of emotional manipulation, I think the author used a lighter touch here than with Tuesdays with Morrie. Or maybe I was just better prepared for it.