Mattapan Book Club: Being Mortal

Join your fellow readers as we kick off the Mattapan Branch's new book club with a discussion of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and what Matters in the End. Light snacks will be provided. Bring your book suggestions as we will also be choosing the group's read for February.

Registration recommended but not required. To Register visit: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6917a453886bb73600bad6c1

About the book:
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life – all the way to the very end.