All are welcome to join Laurel Hill’s book club which reads and discusses a wide range of genres and topics, from historical nonfiction to contemporary novels, from science and medicine to memoir and humor.

In April, volunteer Hedy Cerwinka will lead our discussion on “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End“, a non-fiction book written by American surgeon Atul Gawande.

Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande examines medicine’s ultimate limitations and failures – in his own practices as well as others’ – as life draws to a close. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. And families go along with all of it. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about.

Registration closes at 3:30PM on the day of the event, which is when the Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants. If you don’t see the email by 4:00PM, please check your spam folder! Email programs@laurelhillphl.com if you still have trouble finding the link.

COST

• $5/General Admission
• If ticket cost is prohibitive, please email programs@laurelhillphl.com. We are more than happy to add you to the registration list!