When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

256 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?At the...

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4.4
based on 62,435 reviews

Moods

emotional: 85%

reflective: 76%

sad: 75%

inspiring: 61%

hopeful: 29%

informative: 28%

challenging: 24%

dark: 8%

tense: 4%

funny: 2%


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32% of readers chose fast
56% of readers chose medium
10% of readers chose slow
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