SCOTT June Book Group: When Breath Becomes Air

Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Genre: Memoir

When Breath Becomes Air is a posthumously published memoir by Paul Kalanithi, a Stanford neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in his mid-thirties. The book chronicles his journey from medical student to neurosurgeon and then to patient, as he grapples with his inoperable diagnosis and contemplates death. Kalanithi reflects on mortality, the doctor-patient relationship, and finding meaning and hope in the face of adversity.

July: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
August: Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
September: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
October: Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
November: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
December: The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller