{"product_id":"when-breath-becomes-air-paul-kalanithi-9780812988406","title":"When Breath Becomes Air","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, \u003ci\u003eWhat makes a life worth living?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option.\"--Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, People, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e, The Washington Post, Slate, Harper's Bazaar, Time Out New York, Publishers Weekly, BookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 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 treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a na?e medical student \"possessed,\" as he wrote, \"by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life\" into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. \"I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,\" he wrote. \"Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: 'I can't go on. I'll go on.'\" \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kalanithi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081298840X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812988406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2016 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2016 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2016 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2016 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2016 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2016","brand":"Paul Kalanithi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054070493439,"sku":"9780812988406","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec3a13c9-1d47-47a4-81eb-432b57c30126.jpg?v=1685027823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-breath-becomes-air-paul-kalanithi-9780812988406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}