WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR

p b THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER br br Rattling Heartbreaking Beautiful Atul Gawande bestselling author of i Being Mortal i b br br b i What makes life worth living in the face of death i b br br 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 br br i When Breath Becomes Air i 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 br br Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book yet his words live on as a guide to us all i When Breath Becomes Air i is a life affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient from a gifted writer who became both br br b A vital book about dying Awe inspiring and exquisite Obligatory reading for the living Nigella Lawson b p