About This Book
An Amazon Best Book of the Month For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 54m
slow reader
180 WPM
4h 15m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 2m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 63,800 words📅 9 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
4 h 15 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 44 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
7 h 5 min
Audio 2x
3 h 33 min
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- 📅9 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇9 commutes of 30 min each