Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose

Dr. Shrime, a successful surgeon, was inspired to change his life after a car accident and find meaning and satisfaction. His book, SOLVING FOR WHY, combines personal stories with research into the challenges of modern medicine and the commodification of work in America. It seeks to help readers answer the why of their own lives and find joy outside the status quo.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

SOLVING FOR WHY chronicles one man's journey to find the answer to the biggest of all life's questions: Why? Following a traumatic car accident, Dr. Shrime, the child of Lebanese immigrants fleeing a civil war, who later became a successful practicing surgeon in Boston, found himself compelled to change the course of his life, determined to find meaning and satisfaction even if it meant diverting from America's idea of success.

Featuring stories, insights, and research from his own exceptional life and work, SOLVING FOR WHY is the story of Dr. Shrime's search for and discovery of lifelong fulfillment. Now a global surgeon operating on a hospital ship docked off the coast of West Africa and one of the few global experts on surgery in low- and middle-income countries, Dr. Shrime seeks to impart the wisdom of the lessons he's learned over the course of his search for a life of true contentment. In the tradition of Dr. Paul Farmer's To Repair the World, Dr. Atul Gawande's Better, and Dr. Michele Harper's The Beauty in Breaking, SOLVING FOR WHY combines personal stories with deep, thoughtful research into the challenges of working in modern medicine in the 21st century and the commodification of work in America.

A story of discovery and transformation, SOLVING FOR WHY seeks to help readers answer the why of their own lives and ultimately find joy outside the status quo.

Weight: 452g
Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538734162