When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Blurb submitted by Cierra Jemison
When Breathe Becomes Air is nonfiction

When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is truly a beautiful and motivating book. Paul, who is the main character, is battling stage 4 lung cancer. He is a neurosurgeon at Stanford working on the brain and also working with other cancer patients.The main questions he asks himself throughout the book are "what makes life worth living in the face of death?" and  "What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away?" These questions will be answered in the book. So check it out and see what happens at the end.