{"product_id":"the-stranger-in-the-lifeboat","title":"The Stranger in the Lifeboat","description":"\u003cp class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-jqe-c229=\"\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e#1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom’s profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be “the Lord.” And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrift 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I am the Lord,” the man whispers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Five People You Meet in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Phone Call from Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stranger in the Lifeboat,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlbom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors in heaven, or are they in hell? The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered—a year later—when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the island’s chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stranger in the Lifeboat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003esuggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-jqe-c229=\"\"\u003eAuthor Bio:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author\" _ngcontent-jqe-c229=\"\"\u003eAlbom, Mitch\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-jqe-c229=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-seven languages worldwide. He has written seven number-one New York Times bestsellers – including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years – award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. After bestselling memoir\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Chik\u003c\/em\u003ea and “Human Touch,” the weekly serial written and published online in real-time to raise funds for pandemic relief, his latest work is a return to fiction with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stranger in the Lifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Harper, November 2021). He founded and oversees SAY Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, including a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit’s most underserved citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. 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