When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living? "Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option." Janet Maslin, The New York Times ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, People,

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Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family

The youngest

the neighborhood's Italian mobsters

She's found success in a field ruled by men like him

in which a young Black woman must survive deadly trials in a racist and misogynistic society to become an elite warrior

the racist practices and policies that ensure Black Americans have far worse health outcomes than any other group in the country

a priestess and an exiled prince must join together to free the city of dreams from imperial rule

or Sophia Roe

ISBN: 1250842050

They will also and always be a row of gallows from which Black bodies once swung

With evocative photography shot on location by Khadija Farah