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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
5.0

I read this book because my wonderful girlfriend mentioned she read this a while ago and loved it. Of course, this comment inspired me to pick it up. My plan was to read it, find out why she loved it so much, see if I could find pieces of her in the pages, annotate it with my own thoughts, and then gift it to her.

I did exactly that. Unexpectedly, I fell in love with this book. I closed this book with tears streaming down my cheeks and infinitely more grateful for the love and health in my life and the lives of my loved ones.

This book reminded me how sacred love and life is.