Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
Knopf Canada
A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life.<br><br>In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer, and he shared this news in a <i>New York Times </i>essay that inspired readers all over the world: "I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude.... Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure."<br><i>Gratitude</i> consists of four essays that originally appeared in <i>The New York Times</i>, accompanied by a foreword that describes the occasion of each chapter. The foreword is written by Billy Hayes, Oliver Sacks's partner, and Kate Edgar, his long time collaborator.