The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel

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I listened to the audiobook performed by the author. The narration performance was solid. Albom gives rhythm, emphasis, and heart to the story. Hearing the story in the author’s voice as intended is a beautiful gift. I liked this unique way of patterning the story. Some readers might not enjoy the constant shifts in time and perspectives but I am an avid reader of historical fiction, so I am used to this kind of narrative style and even fond of it. But that’s about all I enjoyed in this book: the story structure. The Stranger In The Lifeboat is a book written by Mitch Albom. Mitch is an American writer, a musician, and a journalist. He has been associated with many sports writing content in the early part of his career. A staggering 40 million copies of his work have been sold worldwide. He is most famous for writing on inspirational themes that have garnered many audiences. His music-related articles are still a portion of his earnings. Moreover, he is the most awarded sports journalist of his era. Ever since he turned into an author, a series of books came out, for example, Tuesdays With Morrie, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, For One More Day, The Time Keeper, and The Stranger In The Lifeboat. Benji was alone on the lifeboat. He hallucinated the others. They were his assigned passengers to take care of- Nevin, Geri, Yannis, Mrs. Laghari. He met Nina, Jean Philippe, and Bernadette working on the yacht.

In lieu of a traditional review, I’m simply sharing thoughts that were triggered by the following concepts and quotes: A STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT is an evocative and intriguing story exploring that sometimes the answer to a call for help is ‘no.’ Sometimes the answer is not what you wanted. Maybe we are asking the wrong questions. In short, Mitch Albom is a wonderful human being. Read his earlier works to support him. Donate to his charities. But you can safely stay away from this book. I can’t advocate this one to anyone except maybe to readers with a highly philosophical bent of mind. The News: where a reporter, Tyler Brewer, reports on and memorializes guests of the billionaire Jason Lambert’s luxury yacht, the Galaxy the night of the accident.An inspirational novel about a disaster and an answered prayer by the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003). Whoa! What a story! At first, I was afraid this might not end up being so great. The story seemed so far-fetched, but I really should have known better. Before long, that crazy story just burst into life, the tension amped up, and I was holding my breath, eyes wide as saucers. Suddenly what seemed far-fetched just a moment before now held me absolutely rapt. I don’t know how he does it, but this is my eighth Albom novel and, incredibly, they just keep getting better and better! He somehow knows how to reach our very core, touching something deep within us. Our hearts? Our souls? With mere words he’s able to tap into the innocence—that ability to suspend belief—that we all had as children.

Billionaire James Lambert decides to set sail on his luxury yacht called the Galaxy with some of the richest and famous and influential people in the world. But something goes wrong, and the yacht explodes. The stranger in the lifeboat is story of the 9 of the survivors on a life raft when they see a person in a water. They bring if onto the raft and they find out that this person is GOD. What would you do if at a time of desperation, you called upon God and he appeared? After a luxury yacht named the Galaxy sank into the ocean, 9 survivors end up on a lifeboat. The survivors include the boat's creator/owner Jason, 4 members of the Galaxy’s staff, and 5 of the wealthy guests. The survivors pull a young man out of the water who claims that he is the Lord and can save them all. The only catch is each of the nine survivors has to believe him. It’s not Albom’s most emotionally moving book, despite its lofty material, but it is a well-paced mystery that considers important theological questions. Albom cites a handful of people in his life for inspiring parts of the answers to these questions, including his late Detroit pastor. It's a while since I read any of Mitch Albom's books and I thought I'd give this one a try. A very expensive "executive" craft has sunk. Nine people are still afloat 3 days later on a lifeboat having seen no one else. They see a man in the water and manage to get him onto the lifeboat. He says that he can save them if they all believe in him as he is the Lord. That gives you pause for thought doesn't it! In part this story is told by one of the people on the lifeboat who is writing a journal. There are two threads in this story. One is from a policeman on land who has been taken to see what might be the lifeboat concerned and the other is the media via their interest in the story.Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. “Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says. “I am the Lord,” the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling novel yet. Despite that, the survivors remain by and large cynical — even when miracles come from the Lord in the form of fresh water and the extended life of one of the party. In fact, maybe the only person who does believe is the young child Alice, who shares all of her rations with the Lord and watches him with quiet devotion. “There is no faith like the faith of a child,” as Benji writes. Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II. He writes like a literary Spielberg: with great impact and emotion, and without being afraid of pathos.”— Brigitte (Germany) The Stranger in the Lifeboat” is no different. As each of the survivors of the lifeboat grapples with the seeming inevitability of their death, the regrets of their life and whether to trust the strange man in their raft who calls himself the Lord, they also grapple with greater themes of faith and forgiveness.