The gift of pain (by Philip Yancey and Paul Brand)

(Amazon UK link) It’s nearly seventeen years since I first read ‘The gift of pain’, which was co-written by Philip Yancey and the late Dr Paul Brand. I found it eye-opening when I first read it, and almost impossible to put down. I decided it was well overdue for a reread.
The book is primarily autobiographical, based on extensive journals and recollections from Paul Brand’s childhood and early experiences as a doctor. Philip Yancey has turned it into a very readable and well-structured book that ...