{"product_id":"when-breath-becomes-air-paul-kalanithi-hardcover","title":"When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist -- Paul Kalanithi, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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?\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\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\n\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\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Past Two Decades - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century\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 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 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\n\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paul Kalanithi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\" H x 5.4\" L x 1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780812988406\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49533045539120,"sku":"9780812988406","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780812988406.jpg?v=1774818020","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/when-breath-becomes-air-paul-kalanithi-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}