by Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a posthumous memoir/biography from a man who was both in the prime of his life and the beginning of what promised to be an illustrious career as a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. The terminal lung cancer which was already making its way through his spina...
So, I've been off BL for a long, long time. A lot has happened, I got pregnant and had a daughter. My mom got sick and passed away. I had to clear out and sell my childhood home and all the contents while trying to balance all of that and my full time job. It's been...something. For a while, not l...
This book really touched me. The author is now dead. He was a neurosurgeon who just got to the point where he could benefit from it. He struggled through all that comes with getting such an advanced degree. He was finally thinking of the benefits. The money would start coming in, a home of his ...
He was devoting his life to save others when suddenly he found out that his future could not be thought of in decades but only in months or years and soon his role would be switched, the doctor would soon become the patient. As I read this novel, I thought over and over again about the notion of enj...
I had been wanting to read Paul Kalanithi's memoir for a while, having read a rave review in the New York Times; he was an esteemed neurosurgeon, diagnosed with terminal cancer in his 30s, who wrote this memoir before his death. The reviews said it provided interesting answers to the question, "what...
The story of neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi and how he comes to terms with the news that he has terminal lung cancer. How can a young life so full of promise, a young man blessed with intellect and warmness be so cruelly cut short. The story is concluded by his wife Lucy and though the writing is sad a...
For some stupid reason stupid being me not reading blurbs I thought I was going to read about brain surgery. I thought I was going to learn about a topic of special interest to me written for the the non-brain surgeon reader. That is not this book. This is book is The Last Lecture Neurosurgeon Edi...
Thanks to Net Galley and to Vintage Digital for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. I read this book with conflicting emotions. When it came to my attention and saw some of the comments I wondered if I was ready to read it. (My father died 14 months ago of cancer, in...
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi are the words of a physician taking a philosophical look at his own profession and the words of a young man brought face to face with his own mortality. What can I possibly say about a book that comprises the final words of a dying man? My recommendation - R...
By: Paul Kalanithi ISBN: 9780812988406 Publisher: Random House Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1/12/2016 My Rating: 5 Stars + Format: Audio Foreward: Abraham Verghese Narrators: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell ASIN: B0191YTT70 Publisher: Random House Audio A special thank you to Random...
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