From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm an entrancing and uplifting meditation on the gift of life.A book to treasure and reread Gavin Francis author of Adventures in Human BeingAs a retired brain surgeon Henry Marsh thought he understood illness but even he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer.In And Finally he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient. As the days pass his mind turns to his career to the people and places he has known and to creative projects still to be completed.Yet he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and nature by his love for his family and most of all by what it is to be alive. A Daily Telegraph The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year Magnificent Rachel ClarkeVividly wry and honest The TimesI admire this book enormously Philip PullmanEnthralling Guardian