The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Mitch Albom
The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Mitch Albom
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Mitch Albom

Narrator: Mitch Albom

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/02/2021


Synopsis

#1 New York Times BestsellerWhat 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.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.Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven. 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?In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom 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. A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.

About Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold forty-two million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers—including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time—award-winning television 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. He founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, which provides pathways to success for Detroiters in need through major health, housing and education initiatives. He also founded a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to help fund it. Albom operates Have Faith Haiti, a home and school for impoverished children and orphans in Port-au-Prince, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on November 26, 2023

Mitch Albom has made a literary career out of discussing and examining the concept of "faith." We read his books, we discuss them in book clubs, some make movies out of them, and some deride them because they would rather follow science or logic and leave emotion or hope - or whatever it is that dri......more

Goodreads review by Danila on July 10, 2024

Listening to "The Stranger in the Lifeboat" as an audiobook is a great way to experience this powerful tale of survival and hope, narrated by Mitch Albom. This intriguing storyline is brought to life by Albom's engaging reading, adding depth to the suspenseful plot and the questions it poses. I chose......more

Goodreads review by Darla on October 29, 2021

How do we answer those who question God's existence in the midst of suffering? In this new release from Mitch Albom, the Lord is a fellow passenger on a drifting lifeboat. One passenger named Benji is chronicling their days at sea in a small notebook. A second thread gives us a reporter's view of th......more

Goodreads review by Joey on April 02, 2025

3.5 stars— Mitch Albom will always hold a special place in my heart as the author of “Tuesdays with Morrie” that I couldn’t even pick up without shedding tears. In fact, I cried so much that I didn’t even enjoy the book (but I did finish it somehow). I continue reading Albom’s books because they are......more

Goodreads review by Rosh ~catching up slowly~ on July 12, 2023

In a Nutshell: Intriguing concept, detached implementation. Add to this a reader with zero philosophical understanding and the result is utter confusion. Story: Nine people (unrelated to each other) are struggling for survival on a life raft after the yacht they were cruising in exploded. Three days l......more