The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel - Mitch Albom - Books - HarperCollins - 9780063267916 - August 23, 2022
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel

Mitch Albom

The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel

#1 New York Times Bestseller

What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Alboms 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 Alboms 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 discovereda year laterwhen the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the islands 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.


288 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 23, 2022
ISBN13 9780063267916
Publishers HarperCollins
Pages 288
Dimensions 106 × 168 × 23 mm   ·   142 g
Language English  

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