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Paul Kalanithi was 36 and in the home stretch of his training as a neurosurgeon when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. This short memoir starts with his medical training and a sample of his promising career. He never intended to go into medicine, but after obtaining an English degree, he felt the call to serve, as much of his family had. When he first experienced the pain and the fatigue that were symptoms of his growing cancer, he wrote it off as stress and long hours. It took a confrontation
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It was a quick read. Even though the subject was a downer, I still wanted to finish the book and see what happened. ( Even though I knew what happened. )
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