For One More Day requires more than one tissue

Mitch Albom's back again with a tear-jerking story that tugs you along to depths of a story and your heart you may not be ready to explore.

Albom, a renowned sports writer (who has made his fair share of mistakes) grabbed the hearts of readers with Tuesday's with Morrie - a tribute to his college professor who taught him a final class on what it meant to live and love. That book is enough to require a box of tissues on its own.

For One More Day takes you back in the life of a former baseball player, walking you through his mistakes and losses and his ultimate decision to take his own life. It's only when he is near death that he learns what it means to be alive by getting that ever evasive "one more day" with a loved one that we just had a few more questions for.

The book is syrupy sweet and a little constricted at times, but for those who long to have a single moment, conversation or day with a loved one who is gone, it has a resounding message of hope and promise.

Albom's books are always quick reads. I attribute it to his newspaper style. The 188-page book can be read in just a few hours. The time is worth it to be able to reflect on what you would want with one more day.