The Time Keeper
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom, published by Hachette Books on October 27, 2015, is a reprint edition comprising 240 pages. This imaginative novel explores the story of the first man on Earth to count the hours, who becomes known as Father Time. After inventing the world’s first clock, he faces punishment for attempting to measure the gift of time, leading to his banishment in a cave where he listens to the desires of those seeking more time.
In this thought-provoking narrative, Father Time is eventually granted a chance at redemption through a magical hourglass and a mission to teach two individuals the true meaning of time. His journey involves a teenage girl on the brink of despair and a wealthy businessman obsessed with immortality. Through Albom’s evocative prose, readers will encounter themes of time, existence, and the value of life, prompting reflection on how they perceive and utilize their own time.
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From the author who’s inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper–a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.
The man who became Father Time.
In Mitch Albom’s exceptional 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.
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