46 pages 1 hour read

Mitch Albom

For One More Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Chapters 11-14

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 11 Summary: "Walking"

Before her death, Chick’s mother had worked as a beautician for homebound older women, and she has three of these appointments during her day together with Chick, in the narrative’s present. Together, they walk to the first appointment, and Chick’s mother asks him if he is okay. The weather, she says, reminds him of the day he was born. She tells him how she prayed for a child for three years after she was married, and even carved the word ‘PLEASE’ into a tree as a prayer, because “[trees] spend all day looking up at God” (55). By telling him this story, she acknowledges that he is in emotional as well as physical pain, and reminds him how important he is to those who love him. He finds this hard to accept, and thinks longingly about drinking, conscious that he uses alcohol to avoid facing these feelings.

 

He remembers how, though his mother - “Charming Posey” - was outgoing and well-liked before her divorce, afterward she became somewhat of an outcast. Their family spent holidays alone, a result of their neighbors’ discomfort with Posey as a single woman and mother. His mother makes the best of the situation and tries to portray this as a choice, rather than an unfortunate circumstance.

Related Titles

By Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

Finding Chika

Mitch Albom

Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

Have a Little Faith: A True Story

Mitch Albom

Have a Little Faith: A True Story

Mitch Albom

Plot Summary

logo

The First Phone Call from Heaven

Mitch Albom

The First Phone Call from Heaven

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Little Liar

Mitch Albom

The Little Liar

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom

The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom

Study Guide

logo

The Time Keeper

Mitch Albom

The Time Keeper

Mitch Albom

STUDY + TEACHING GUIDE

logo

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

Tuesday’s with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson

Mitch Albom