First published 2017
At 36, Paul Kalanithi had it all: a thriving career as a neurosurgeon, a loving wife, and a future full of promise. But his world is upended when he's diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. As he trades his surgeon's scrubs for a hospital gown, Kalanithi grapples with the most essential question: what makes life worth living in the face of death? His deeply personal account explores the fraught relationship between doctor and patient, and the transformative power of confronting one's own mortality.
Genres: medical, non-fiction, biography-memoir, personal-development
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: doctor-patient-relationship
Setting: Arizona, California, New Haven, CT, Stanford University, United States, Yale University
229 pages · Hardcover · Random House
Content warnings: terminal-illness