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Life on a Knife’s Edge

A Brain Surgeon’s Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival

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Life on a Knife’s Edge

By: Dr Rahul Jandial
Narrated by: Rahul Jandial
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As one of the world's leading brain surgeons, Dr Jandial is the last hope for many patients who have extreme forms of cancer - patients who can't be saved, but deserve more time.

Life on a Knife's Edge is his account of the resilience, courage and belief he has witnessed in his patients, and the lessons he has learned from them.

Both an unflinching account of extreme surgeries and a profound, moving and introspective memoir, this book reveals the depths of a surgeon's psyche who is pushed to his limits, day in, day out.

From keeping a gun victim's heart pumping with his own hand to saving a woman from paralysis and performing brain surgery while time is running out on a haemorrhaging patient, we see how making life and death decisions and facing unimaginable pressure has shaped one man's life. Now, he shares the many truths about human nature that he has learned along the way: from how we deal with trauma, loss and threat to our innate belief and sense of self.

From a life spent balancing on the line between life and death, above all else, he reveals what it really means to survive.

©2021 Rahul Jandial (P)2021 Penguin Audio Medical Professionals & Academics Surgery Human Brain Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
Compelling Stories • Moving Storyline • Confident Voice • Profound Book • Intrigue Factor • Great Narration
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What a journey! Intense yet eye opening, skillful maneuvers between life lessons and medicine.

Intriguing

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Loved it. Narration was great. I appreciated the author expressing his vulnerabilities and humanity. I believe I would have missed out on some of the nuances by only reading this book.

Listening better than reading this book.

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took me back early in my life dealing with my father cancer Made me understand and heal my journey through all Merci merci to had more peace to myself and move on to new challenges with more knowledge 🙏

an extraordinary doctor yet so humble and kind

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Not quite what I expected but an amazing book that I'm blessed to have listened to

Heartstring pulling, inspirational, informative

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This is a very thoughtful and wonderfully shared book that I highly recommend. The author covers deep subjects that are not often spoken about but should be. Thank you Dr. Jandial.

Wonderfully shared

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This book was good but heavy. Good learning lessons, good compelling stories. Heavy content that doesn’t make you feel warm inside.

Worthwhile Read But Heavy

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awesome read. alot to learn. alot to grow from as a person. super human story.

great learning

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Dr. Rahul Jandial,
Thank you for taking us into your mind & behind the curtains, on your every day journey! Enjoyed listening to the stories very much! I was stressed. I cried. Thank you for the unique way of teaching us, about the brain.

A Unique Way of Teaching

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I have Never been so moved by a book. It has had a great impact on my life. I have suffered much grief and depression, and this somehow has given me a new way of dealing with life.
Perfection! I am encouraging everyone I know to listen or read this book. Thank you,
Sincerely, Tamar Brown

Changed my life

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One of the best audible books I have heard.
I highly recommend this to anyone!

Amazing

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