For One More Day

Every family has its own special ghost story. In Mitch Albom's novel For One More Day, readers can experience a father and son's relationship that spans over a lifetime and beyond. The novel explores the question of what one would do if one could spend another day with a lost loved one. As a child, Charley Benetto is told by his father, You can't be both mama's boy and daddy's boy; you have to choose one. Charley chooses his father, only to lose him when he hits adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man who loses all he has due to alcohol and regret. After discovering that his daughter refused to invite him to her wedding, Charley hits bottom and spirals downward for the last time.