The man who became Father Time.
In Mitch Alboms exceptional work of fiction the inventor of the worlds first clock is punished for trying to measure Gods 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 Alboms 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.
