When Breath Becomes Air Book Like
When breath becomes air is heart breaking but it teaches the reader a lot about living while you still can and not leaving anything to chance.
When breath becomes air book like. It is a memoir about his life and illness battling stage iv metastatic lung cancer. It was published on january 12 2016. When breath becomes air paul kalanithi abraham verghese foreword when breath becomes air is a non fiction autobiographical book written by paul kalanithi. When breath becomes air is a powerful look at a stage iv lung cancer diagnosis through the eyes of a neurosurgeon.
The other memoirs on this list provide something similar for the reader. As a brilliant student kalanithi was poised to become a successful neurosurgeon. That s what happens in kalanithi s wrenching memoir when breath becomes air. When paul kalanithi is given his diagnosis he is forced to see this disease and the process of being sick as a patient rather than a doctor the result of his experience is not just a look at what living is and how it works from a scientific perspective but the ins and outs of what makes life matter.
An amazon best book of january 2016. They are inspiring emotional brave and insightful. However during his residency he was diagnosed with stage iv lung cancer. Rating 329 450 ratings.