#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?
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"This is one of a handful of books I consider to be a universal donor—I would recommend it to anyone, everyone"
Ann Patchett
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"Rattling, heartbreaking, and ultimately beautiful, the too-young Dr. Kalanithi’s memoir is proof that the dying are the ones who have the most to teach us about life"
Atul Gawande
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"Paul Kalanithi’s posthumous memoir, When Breath Becomes Air,possesses the gravity and wisdom of an ancient Greek tragedy. . . ."
Boston Globe
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"An emotional investment well worth making: a moving and thoughtful memoir of family, medicine and literature. It is, despite its grim undertone, accidentally inspiring.”
Washington Post
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Kalanithi, M.D., was a neurosurgeon and writer. Paul grew up in Kingman, Arizona, before attending Stanford University, from which he graduated in 2000 with a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature and a B.A. in Human Biology. He earned an M.Phil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine from the Cambridge University before attending medical school.
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PAUL'S WIFE LUCY
Paul's wife, Lucy Kalanithi, M.D., wrote the epilogue to When Breath Becomes Air. She continues to share Paul's story with the world and to talk -- as a physician and a widow -- about caregiving, end-of-life care, bereavement, resilience and meaning in medicine.
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PUBLIC EVENTS
- Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (for A Beginner's Guide to the End) ▸▸
October 27, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting ▸▸
October 20, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
https://www.cns.org/annual-meeting-2019 - Tennessee Hospital Association Annual Meeting ▸▸
October 17, 2019 | Franklin, TN