By - Mitch Albom / Published - September 11, 2012
Father Time was once a living man. His name was Dor and he was the first human
to measure time. He lived 6,000 years
ago when life and time were simpler.
After a tragic illness took his wife, Dor wanted to reach the heavens
and demand more time. The result of this
action was the fall of the Tower of Babel and him being placed in a cave where
he had to listen to any mention of time.
Sarah is a girl in modern day New York.
She wants time to speed up so that she can be with the boy who is
showing interest in her. Sarah believes
that if Ethan spends time with her, he will see how wonderful she is. Victor is a millionaire in Manhattan. He is dying and wants to cheat death. Victor wants to freeze his body so that it
can be healed of its cancer in the future and be given another lifetime to
live.
After 6,000 years, Dor is release from his cave and sent to
modern times to save these two people.
He must learn several lifetimes’ worth of information in order to
succeed in this task. He must also
determine what he is supposed to do to save them. The Time Keeper will take the reader on a
spiritual journey through time. Why is
time so important? Do humans spend too
much of their precious time thinking about time? This story is told through the eyes of these
three different individuals, but the story still flows smoothly as you move
through time and locations. Readers of
Mitch Albom’s other books with not be disappointed in this novel. Goodreads Book Information
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