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When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Read Between The Lines · Paul Kalanithi

August 13, 202520m 35s

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Show Notes

What makes life worth living in the face of death? At thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade of training as a brilliant neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In this profoundly moving memoir, the doctor becomes the patient. He grapples with his own mortality, trading a promising future for a search for meaning in the present. This is his unforgettable, heartbreaking, and beautifully written exploration of what it means to live when you are dying.

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