For One More Day~ Marissa Merrill

Author: Mitch Albom
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 9 out of 10
#Pages: 194 (read all)

If you had a once in a life time chance to fix anything you regret in life would you? This book For One More Day is an outstanding novel put in the perspective of a little boy through his rough journey we call “life”. Charles “Chick” Benetto at a young age was forced by his father to be a daddy’s boy or a mama’s boy, but was told he couldn’t be both. Chick chooses his father and sticks with him until the day his dad disappears. Not knowing why or where his father went he blames it on his mother.
Ten years later Charles is worthless and shattered by regrets. He has lost everything from his family to his only daughter shutting him out of her own wedding. But in Charles eyes he hasn’t done enough damage to his life, so he decides that he should take his own life. Upon a late night drive trying to kill himself he fails to do so and he stumbles back to his old house. There he finds a very mind twisting discovery. His mother that was said died eight years ago is still living in the house, and had welcomed Charles like nothing ever happened. Could this really be?
Upon reading this book it made me mad and sad at the same time. For example a child should never have to choose between both parents on which one to like more because I love both my parents equally. In the book Charles was forced to choose and years later is father left him as if he didn’t care about him. I have connections with my mom that it’s hard to have with my dad. My mother is my best friend I can always count on her all the time, she gives me her best advice, and I know she loves me no matter what. My dad is my protector he watches over me and makes sure I am living in a safe environment.
Reading this book though has really made me think about things I regret in my life, and lost loved ones. I always dream of going back and fixing that one mistake or what would I have done if I had one more day with that lost loved one? I personally would just want to be by their side. Not only that but do the things we love the most and make that day the best day of our lives. Like going to the ocean and walking along the beach, eating ice cream, talk about everything possible, just enjoy the time I have and lastly watch the sunset with them. This may not seem exciting to any of you but its what I would like to do with a lost loved one. What would you like to do?
I would highly recommend this book to a lot of people. This is an outstanding novel that makes you really think about how much we cherish things in life and how we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone. This book is very emotional but is worth the read. It gets you into the story right from the beginning and is an unforgettable story about a young boy who realizes how fragile life really is.