Paul Kalanithi is a talented neurosurgeon, and he might as well be a talented writer. You are holding in your hands his only book. For more than ten years he studied to become a neurosurgeon and only a year and a half separated him from becoming a professor. He was already receiving good job offers, he had a young wife, and very little remained before they would finally begin the real life that they had been putting off for so many years. Paul was only 36 years old when the death he struggled with in the operating room, I knocked on his door. The diagnosis - lung cancer, stage four - instantly ruined all his plans. Who, if not the doctor himself, best understands what awaits a patient with such a diagnosis? Paul did not give up, he began to live! He spent a lot of time with his family, he and his wife gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Cady, his lifelong dream came true - he began to write a book, and he became a professor of neurosurgery. YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS A BOOK BY A GREAT WRITER WHO HAS MANAGED TO WRITE JUST ONE BOOK. THIS BOOK!