The Time Keeper by Albom Mitch

The only redemption for Father Time is through teaching two humans the value of time. In this contemporary fantasy novel, the man who first counted the hours and days is bound to an hourglass as he needs to find a way to free his soul.

Summary of the Book

Old Father Time was the first man to try to measure God’s greatest gift: time itself. Doomed to live forever in a cave, he listens to people beg him to extend the days and the minutes, extend their lives. Now in our present time, Father Time is given the chance to redeem himself, with an hourglass in tow he must show a girl about to kill herself and an old man who wants to live forever the value of time itself.

About Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is an American writer. He has written bestsellers such as: The Five People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day, Have a Little Faith and Tuesdays with Morrie.

He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A multi-talented individual, Albom has also dabbled in sports journalism, drama, radio, television and music.