Chapter 11 Summary

"The Fourth Lesson." Eddie and Marguerite talk about the pain of being apart and of her early departure at only forty-seven. She assures him that she has always been with him, and that his love has continued. The lesson is that lost love is still love; it just takes a different form. Life has to end; love doesn't.

Readers are now back in the present on the Pier, and Eddie's co-worker and an estate attorney are going through Eddie's apartment to find a bank statement and any other valuables that Eddie might have had. The attorney finds the statement he needs and congratulates himself on his own nest egg. He thinks how this poor slob ended up with nothing to show for his life.

Chapter 11 Analysis

Only a skillful writer could do what Albom has done with this story. The reader visits many...