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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi,

Abraham Verghese (Foreword)

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Feb 07, 2017 Nikki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, autobiography-memoir, 2017-ultimate-popsugar-challenge

The prompt was "A book about a difficult subject." Death is certainly that, and yet it is one we all have to deal with. We have developed ways to cope with the deaths of loved ones, ways of thinking about the deaths of strangers by senseless violence or natural disaster. Perhaps the one death most of us have not come to terms with is our own. Paul Kalanithi did so.

I once heard a description of a certain reaction to stories about people dealing with disease, grave injury, or death as "it could ha ...more

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Oct 28, 2016 Rebecca Heneghan rated it it was amazing

I think everyone will get something out of this book.

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Jan 09, 2017 Mandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, 2017

Paul Kalanithi was an up and coming neurosurgery resident when, at 36 years old, he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. This is his autobiography, covering his upbringing, college years where he studied both Literature and Neuroscience before deciding to become a neurosurgeon, through to his diagnosis and eventual death 22 months later.

It's a short book but beautifully written and I wish only the best for his wife and daughter, who lost her father when she was 8 months old. ...more

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Jun 30, 2020 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: non-fiction, biography, audio-book, audible-deal, book-challenge-2020

Ugh this book made me cry big tears. I’ve had it for a long time and knew I wasn’t emotionally ready to read until now. This book can definitely be a trigger book if dealing with death.

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