The Time Keeper A Novel

Author: Mitch Albom

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  • : $14.99 NZD
  • : 9781847442253
  • : Little, Brown Book Group
  • : Sphere
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  • : 0.322
  • : October 2012
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 39.99
  • : August 2012
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  • : Mitch Albom
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  • : hardback with dustjacket
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  • : 813.6
  • : very good
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Description

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.

Promotion info

The eagerly awaited new bestseller.

Author description

Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's No. 1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. A former professional musician, he hosts a daily radio show on WJR in Detroit.