{"product_id":"9781784701994","title":"When Breath Becomes Air : The ultimate moving life-and-death story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Kalanithi, Paul \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 January 2017 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 19 | 184g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** 'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful.' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal What makes life worth living in the face of death? 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living' Nigella Lawson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46128510271747,"sku":"9781784701994","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781784701994.jpg?v=1731416112","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781784701994","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}