When Breath Becomes air

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Call Number: BOCD 921 Kalanithi, Paul, Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Biography / Kalanithi, Paul
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Compact discs.
Read by Sunil Malhotra & Cassandra Campbell.
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air, which features a Foreword by Dr. Abraham Verghese and an Epilogue by Kalanithi's wife, Lucy, chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student 'possessed,' as he wrote, 'by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life' into a young neurosurgeon at Stanford, guiding patients toward a deeper understanding of death and illness, and finally into a patient and a new father to a baby girl, confronting his own mortality.

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great & sad, but beautiful story submitted by LVDS on June 20, 2016, 9:13pm Especially if you like medical stories...this is great. Well written account by a young neurosurgeon on his journey with lung cancer

Important submitted by Judeyblu on June 20, 2016, 10:36pm this short book is packed with insight.
Paul is honest and sharing as he lives with this fatal disease.

really good but sad memoir submitted by 21621031390949 on August 12, 2016, 9:05am Very fine book by a young neurosurgeon diagnosed with cancer just before completing his training. Well-written and compelling. I listened to the recorded version and it was read well.

Stunning submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on August 19, 2017, 10:31pm What a stunning book. Written by a nearly-trained neurosurgeon during the final stages of his battle with lung cancer, Kalanithi reflects on his journey through medicine, through relationships, and on the changing role from doctor to patient. He wrestles with the big questions with beauty and grace. He was an English major in college, and had dreams of becoming a writer. It is reflected in his language, and it. is. beautiful.

Recommended for those who want to think, to pause, to ponder.