When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

256 pages | first published 2016

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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Br...
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emotional 86%
reflective 78%
sad 76%
inspiring 59%
hopeful 29%
informative 28%
challenging 23%
dark 8%
tense 3%
funny 2%

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fast 31%
slow 12%

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