b1 iNEW YORK TIMESi BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - bbbFor readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question iWhat makes a life worth livingibbbb p bNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYbbr biThe New York Times Book Review - People - iNPRi - The Washington Post - Slate - Harper's Bazaar - Time Out New York - Publishers Weekly - BookPageib p bFinalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoirb pAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. iWhen Brea