With the fascinating scholarship of
The Emperor of All Maladies
and the deeply personal experience of
When Breath Becomes Air
, a world-class oncologist examines the current state of cancer and its devastating impact on the individuals it affects — including herself.
In
The First Cell
, Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again,
explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. Like
,
is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear.