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And, finally, of course, my thanks to you, loyal readers, semi-loyal readers, first-time readers, and folks who picked this book up by accident. I am deeply grateful you came along for the ride.
Authors get a lot of questions. One that I’ve heard and, after this book, am bound to hear more of is this: “Would you do anything differently if you had the chance?”
Yes, I would. In fact, I can think of twenty things right now. But ask me if I’d trade how I’d changed as a result of my mistakes, and my answer would be different. It’s like Yaya said. If you keep getting second chances, you won’t learn a damn thing. I’ve learned a lot. The older I get, the more precious those lessons become.
I am so grateful for this life that keeps on teaching.
Mitch Albom
Detroit, MI
May 2025
About the Author
MITCH ALBOM is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold forty-two million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number one New York Times bestsellers, including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time; award-winning television films; stage plays; screenplays; a nationally syndicated newspaper column; and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. He founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, which provides pathways to success for Detroiters in need through major health, housing, and education initiatives. He also founded a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to help fund it. Albom operates Have Faith Haiti, a home and school for impoverished children and orphans in Port-au-Prince, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.
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Also by Mitch Albom
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Finding Chika
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
The First Phone Call from Heaven
The Time Keeper
Have a Little Faith
For One More Day
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Tuesdays with Morrie
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Names: Albom, Mitch, 1958– author
Title: Twice: a novel / Mitch Albom.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025
Identifiers: LCCN 2025027979 (print) | LCCN 2025027980 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062406682 hardcover | ISBN 9780062406705 ebook
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