Angury Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual award given to works of fiction and non-fiction that cover the theme of medicine, healthcare or illness. This years winner is Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal: https://wellcomebookprize.org/ Her novel follows the journey of a heart as it is removed from the body of Simon Limbeau following a car accident, and transplanted into another persons body. I am always on the look out for books involving healthcare, and this novel sounds different. I have just bought it for my Kindle, and was wondering whether anyone else had heard about it/bought it/read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I've not heard of this award, I'll have to take a look into the nominees and see if anything grabs me. Have you read When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 hour ago, chaliepud said: I've not heard of this award, I'll have to take a look into the nominees and see if anything grabs me. Have you read When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? I've heard a lot about When Breath Becomes Air - especially how moving it is. It is on my TBR list. Have you read it? If you're interested in this kind of topic, the past winners and nominees would be a great way to dig deep into this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yes, I read it earlier this year, definitely a unique story; a man who studied literature, then became a neurosurgeon, who then gets a brain tumour, no one else could have been in the position of writing such a thought provoking book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) I just came back from tea with a friend who told me she read a short extract of the book (When Breath Becomes Air) in a magazine and burst into tears. Sounds like one to read. Edited April 26, 2017 by Angury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 34 minutes ago, Angury said: I just came back from tea with a friend who told me she read a short extract of the book (When Breath Becomes Air) in a magazine and burst into tears. Sounds like one to read. There were some tears, I admit, it would have been difficult not to with the subject matter, but, that was only a small part of the book, there was a lot more to it than simple sentimentality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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