When Breath Becomes Air

The Physician Prophet

When Breath Becomes Air is the memoir of Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon in his final year of training at Stanford, whose marriage is fraying and whose back hurts - really hurts. He discovers he has terminal lung cancer, which has spread to his bones.

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Dear Mr. You

Like A Prayer Bell

I’ll admit when I picked up Dear Mr. You I had low expectations, despite its impressive marketing campaign. I loved Mary-Louise Parker’s intelligence and rapid fire wit in the West Wing (whenever she was on) and every episode of Weeds (except possibly the last one, but endings are tricky).

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The Light Between Oceans

A Ferocious Debut

The Light Between Oceans drops us in the waters off Western Australia, on a remote outcropping of rock, with an impossible dilemma. If the answer to your deepest longing and most painful loss arrived, unbidden, on your doorstep (or beach), would you take it?

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The Boys In The Boat

A Brutal, Beautiful Ride

The Boys in the Boat is the true story of a group of young men attempting a near impossible feat - to become one perfectly synchronized unit of muscle and determination to win Olympic Gold. They were not typical oarsmen - they were scrappy, simple kids who faced hard times in Depression-era Washington State.

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