Award-winning author Mitch Albom out with a new book

(WXYZ) - Award-winning author Mitch Albom out with a new book. "The time keeper" hits store shelves Tuesday.

The fictional novel is about the first man on earth to count the hours. Here’s a summary of the book from Albom’s website:

“the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. He returns to our world-now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began-and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so. Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it and how precious it truly is.”  

Albom is hosting several book signings this week:

Tuesday, September 4 

7:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

14165 Hall Road

Shelby Township, MI  48315

(586) 247-7416

 

Thursday, September 6

7:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

Huron Village

3235 Washtenaw Ave.

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

(734) 973-0846

 

Friday, September 7

7:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

6800 Orchard Lake Road

West Bloomfield, MI  48322

(248) 626-6804

 

Saturday, September 8

12 p.m.

Sam's Club

15700 Northline Road

Southgate, MI  48195

(734) 285-0030

 

Saturday, September 8

2:30 p.m.

Costco

20000 Haggerty Road

Livonia, MI  48152

(734) 464-6399