Life on a Knife’s Edge

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

By: Dr Rahul Jandial

Narrated by: Rahul Jandial

Brought to you by Penguin.

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

Intriguing

What a journey! Intense yet eye opening, skillful maneuvers between life lessons and medicine.

Listening better than reading this book.

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.

an extraordinary doctor yet so humble and kind

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 🙏

Heartstring pulling, inspirational, informative

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

Wonderfully shared

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.