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.
