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, The
First Cell 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 When Breath Becomes Air, The First Cell 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.