When Breath Becomes Air

This memoir is a profoundly moving and exquisitely observed account of a young neurosurgeon's transformation into a patient struggling with mortality.

When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's journey from medical student to neurosurgeon at Stanford, grappling with the most critical questions of life: what makes it worth living in the face of death? How do you nurture a new life as another fades away? This inspiring book is a guide and gift to us all, offering hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds.