The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom

earliest edition we have, 2021 Harper, 2022 paperback 288 pages

Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves and pull him in. The man, strange and quiet, claims to be the Lord. Is the man who he claims to be? What actually caused the explosion? Are the survivors already in heaven, or are they in hell? Years later, when the empty life raft washes up on...

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Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2023 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062888365
The Stranger in the Lifeboat paperback · 2022 · Harper · 288 pages · 9780063267916
Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2022 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780751584561
Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2021 · HarperCollins Publishers · 224 pages · 9780062888341
Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2021 · Harper & Row Limited · 136 pages · 9781804220351
Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2021 · Harper & Row Limited · 9781804220344
The Stranger in the Lifeboat CD audiobook · 2021 · HarperAudio · 9780063137585
The Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2021 · Sphere · 288 pages · 9780751584530
Stranger in the Lifeboat edition · 2021 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062888358
The Stranger in the Lifeboat paperback · 2021 · Harper Large Print · 320 pages · 9780063118355

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