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What a loss. I finished this book one year and one day after the author died. I feel that "we" have lost a man who would have been a marvelous doctor, husband, father, and friend. He writes so well and seemed to have a miraculous intuition about his role in life and his dying. I know I will read this book over again and again. Strongly recommend.
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Wow - what a powerful book! Although I don't think I loved it quite as much as others, it really was a fantastic read. If only all doctors cared so much about patients and their experience as Paul did! His story is fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time! His story is so worth reading and thinking about. He was such a wonderful HUMAN ... I can't recommend this one enough. It's a beautiful book!
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What happens when a young doctor is diagnosed with a terminal cancer? This intelligent, loving young man who majored in English and Biology before he became a skilled neurosurgeon, wrote this slim lovely memoir of his journey. Married to what sounds like, by his account, an equally lovely young physician, he recounts what it is like to be a patient after being on the other side of the chart as a doctor. The two doctors fall in love in med school, have some issues, get through them, decide to hav
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Kleenex will be needed for the epilogue, written Paul Kalanithi's wife. Dr. Kalanithi sounds like he was one of those rare Drs. who sincerely cared for his patients.
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This nonfiction memoir is beautiful, heartbreaking, and inspiring. The story has stayed with me for days and left me speechless for how to describe it properly.
If I tell you the memoir is about a man dying with cancer, you might reject it as being too depressive to read. I want you to read it. While, yes, the subject matter is difficult, the words are honest, hopeful, and encouraging.
Give it a try. It's short. What's the worst that can happen? You might be glad you did. ...more
If I tell you the memoir is about a man dying with cancer, you might reject it as being too depressive to read. I want you to read it. While, yes, the subject matter is difficult, the words are honest, hopeful, and encouraging.
Give it a try. It's short. What's the worst that can happen? You might be glad you did. ...more
Beautiful uplifting book, I would highly recommend.
Feb 28, 2016
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