Book description
Atul Gawande's Being Mortal isn't just a book-it's a necessary conversation, and the audiobook makes it feel deeply personal. You hear his calm, thoughtful voice navigate the raw, often uncomfortable truths about aging, illness, and death, turning complex medical failures into relatable human stories.
Gawande, a surgeon who's witnessed medicine's triumphs and limits, doesn't just critique; he shares his own family's struggles with aging. You'll feel the weight of nursing homes prioritizing safety over autonomy-like when residents fight over what they're allowed to eat-and doctors avoiding the hard talk about death, instead offering empty promises of "more time." The audiobook's power lies in its intimacy: his quiet honesty makes you lean in, not away.
What's brilliant here is how he reframes the goal. It's not about "a good death"-it's about "a good life," fully lived, even as time runs short. The stories linger: a patient choosing a simple meal over a prescribed diet, a family finally speaking openly about fears. Gawande's narration avoids sentimentality, grounding each moment in real stakes. You hear the urgency in his voice when he asks, What do we truly want at the end?
This isn't a clinical treatise. It's compassionate, urgent, and quietly revolutionary. The audiobook format amplifies its humanity-no detached reading, just a doctor, a friend, guiding you through what we all face. It's the kind of listen that reshapes how you see your own future, your loved ones, and the systems meant to care for us.
Being Mortal is a gift. It doesn't offer easy answers, but it gives you permission to ask the right questions. And in an age of medical overreach, that's the most profound gift of all. Listen closely. It might change everything.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience