<p>In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, we talk about our reads of the week which are: '<em>When Breath Becomes Air</em>' by Paul Kalanithi and '<em>Close to the Bone: A Memoir</em>' by Lisa Ray and towards the end, we discuss what's in for TBR.</p>.<p>Ahmed Shariff: Hi, this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to another episode of read of the week. Joining me today is my colleague L Subramani. Hi sir and welcome to the show.</p>.<p>L Subramani: Hi Ahmed. It's always a pleasure talking about books with you.</p>.<p>Ahmed: Sir as you know February 4 is marked as World Cancer Day. If you rewind the time, there were a lot of celebrities who had come out and talked about their experience with Cancer. And of course, this particular disease is seen as something dreadful. Something which takes away your personality and more scaring is the radiation therapy, the balding and weakening of the body. Have you read any books regarding this?</p>.<p>Subramani: Yes, I should tell you about one book that stands out... Of course, I have read the fictional young adult book "<em>The fault in our stars</em>" by John Green which deals about mortality and cancer among juveniles. It's basically a very poignant story...</p>.<p>To know more about the conversation, listen to the podcast.</p>
<p>In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, we talk about our reads of the week which are: '<em>When Breath Becomes Air</em>' by Paul Kalanithi and '<em>Close to the Bone: A Memoir</em>' by Lisa Ray and towards the end, we discuss what's in for TBR.</p>.<p>Ahmed Shariff: Hi, this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to another episode of read of the week. Joining me today is my colleague L Subramani. Hi sir and welcome to the show.</p>.<p>L Subramani: Hi Ahmed. It's always a pleasure talking about books with you.</p>.<p>Ahmed: Sir as you know February 4 is marked as World Cancer Day. If you rewind the time, there were a lot of celebrities who had come out and talked about their experience with Cancer. And of course, this particular disease is seen as something dreadful. Something which takes away your personality and more scaring is the radiation therapy, the balding and weakening of the body. Have you read any books regarding this?</p>.<p>Subramani: Yes, I should tell you about one book that stands out... Of course, I have read the fictional young adult book "<em>The fault in our stars</em>" by John Green which deals about mortality and cancer among juveniles. It's basically a very poignant story...</p>.<p>To know more about the conversation, listen to the podcast.</p>