When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese with Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Sunil Malhotra (Narrator)

5 hours, 35 minutes first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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At 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 li...

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Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 77%
sad 76%
inspiring 60%
hopeful 29%
informative 28%
challenging 24%
dark 8%
tense 4%
funny 2%

Pace

medium 57%
fast 31%
slow 11%

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