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    When Breath Becomes Air
    Audiobook5 hours

    When Breath Becomes Air

    Written by Paul Kalanithi

    Narrated by Sunil Malhotra and Cassandra Campbell

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    About this audiobook

    THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

    'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times

    At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.

    When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father.

    What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away?

    Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateMar 10, 2016
    ISBN9781473546523
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    • 4/5
      A very moving book, and one difficult to read when one can identify with the writer in so many ways. And interestingly, one with no advice ! Just introspection and being. I like what he says as a message to his daughter. I wish that my son will know that of me.
    • 5/5
      Heartbreaking, beautiful, painfully honest and brave. His wife's bravery in writing the final chapter will stop you in your tracks.
    • 5/5
      Soul touching and inspiring. Makes you think a lot about values of life.
    • 5/5
      very engaging and emotional read. , it's a tragic situation that could happen to anyone. the book offered insights on how a situation like this can and will affect every aspect of one's life.. hope you all well. RIP dr.paul and Condolences to his Family.
    • 5/5
      it brings forth the reality of death that many don't bring out
      i have been moved to tears
      it helps me as a young orthopedic surgeon here in Kenya to keep moving forward
      thank you for your great and real contribution.

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