When Breath Becomes Air First Edition Build a van and load

Build a van and load it up for surfing and a beach BBQ

One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation

Felt twigs

Havoc cries forth the ghosts of the dogs of war as the Berlin Wall falls

but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel

When Breath Becomes Air First Edition Build a van and loadFinalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir At the age of thirty six, on the verge of completing a decades 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.