The Stranger in the Lifeboat: The uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie

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The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of global phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers struggle to survive while they wait for rescue. After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them. But should they put their trust in him? Will any of them see home again? And why did the ship really sink? The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end. 'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecelia Ahern 'He has the ability to make you cry in spite of yourself' Boston Globe 'Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew' Time

Mitch Albom is an internationally bestselling author, screenwriter, playwright, and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven consecutive number one New York Times bestsellers and has sold over forty million copies of his books in forty-seven languages worldwide, including Tuesdays with Morrie, which is one of the bestselling memoirs of all time. Albom also works as a columnist and broadcaster and has founded nine charities in Detroit and operates an orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.

Master storyteller Mitch Albom is back with his latest novel - a genre-defying page turner that catapults the reader into a tale that is brutal, raw and yet incredibly moving ... a beautifully written, life affirming story of love and loss * Dundee Courier * Praise for Mitch Albom * - * Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary -- Cecelia Ahern Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he never even knew * Time * A book with genuine power to stir and comfort its readers * New York Times * Albom has the ability to make you cry in spite of yourself * Boston Globe * Beautiful, heart-breaking, heart-warming * My Weekly * A writer with soul * Los Angeles Times * A moving tribute to embracing life * Glasgow Herald * Painfully sad and beautiful, this is an absolute tearjerker * Publishers Weekly * A true story that shines and leaves you forever warmed by its afterglow -- Amy Tan An uplifitng, soul searching, tale of tragedy and survival . . . A beautifully told story from three points of view. * Peterborough Telegraph *