When breath becomes air

Enjoy a wonderful reading experience when you purchase the Kindle version of this book. **Million-Copy Bestseller** "Disturbing. Heartbreaking. Beautiful," Atul Gawande, bestselling author of *Being Mortal*. What makes life worth living in the face of death? At 36, and about to complete his decade-long training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next a patient fighting for his life. *When Breath Becomes Air* chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student wondering what makes life virtuous and meaningful to a neurosurgeon working at the core of human identity—the brain—and finally to a patient and new father. Paul Kalanithi died while working on this deeply moving book, yet his words live on as a guide for us all. *When Breath Becomes Air* is a life-affirming meditation on the face of our mortality and the doctor-patient relationship, by a gifted writer who straddled both. "A vital book about death. Inspiring and fascinating. Required reading for the living." - Nigella Lawson