Mitch Albom: One of the five people you meet in Starbucks
Albom previously wrote the treacly bestsellers “Tuesdays with Morrie� and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.� Both books inspired ABC telefilms produced by Oprah Winfrey and, due to their sappy content, parody books (e.g., “The Five People You Meet in Hell�).
According to its promotional material, this latest opus concerns “a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?� Gak.
Albom will be reading at sundry coffeeshops across the country, as well, including one lucky location in L.A. So there’ll be no need to pour saccharine into your drink – there’ll be plenty in the store’s reading material.
You summed it up very nicely with Gak.