This reading is SOLD OUT, but we encourage you to join the ticket standby line at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 5:30pm, or attend Atul's public book signing at the Booksmith at 7:00pm.

Named a "Best Book of the Year" by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and the Chicago Tribune, Being Mortal is finally in paperback after two full years on the NYT-bestseller list.

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them.

Atul will appear in conversation with novelist Jennifer Haigh.

Event Guidelines:

- Tickets may be purchased online or in-store.
- Price includes: 1 ticket to Atul Gawande's reading + 1 copy of Being Mortal.
- You may pick up your copy of Being Mortal at Brookline Booksmith on 9/12 or before the end of September 2017.
- The reading will take place at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 6pm.
- The line at the theatre will form at 5:30pm.
- Present your printed Eventbrite ticket for entry to the theatre.
- Atul's reading at the theatre will last an hour.
- Atul will sign books at Brookline Booksmith at 7pm, after the reading.

FAQs

Where can I park during the event?

Nearby metered public parking is available behind the theatre (on Centre Street one block from Harvard Street) and along Beacon Street. Meters are free after 8:00pm and on Sundays and holidays. Please note that the lots tend to fill up on weekends or during large events, so please plan a little extra time to find space. We strongly recommend public transit for events and films you anticipate will be very busy! Additional parking at an hourly rate is available across Beacon and Centre Streets at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel garage on Webster Street.

What are my transportation options for getting to and from the event?

BY TRAIN: take the Green Line (C branch to Cleveland Circle) trolley from downtown to Coolidge Corner via Beacon Street. The Coolidge Corner stop is at Harvard Street, 5-10 minutes from Kenmore Square.

BY BUS: take bus #66, Dudley/Harvard Square. All buses and trolleys stop at the Harvard Street/ Beacon Street intersection.

BY CAR: see below

From Mass Pike, I-90 East (Newton and points West): Take exit 18 Allston/Brighton. As you exit tolls, stay to left for Allston exit and merge with Cambridge Street. Follow until you reach Harvard Avenue on your left, after the overpass turn left at the "Pizzeria Regina" sign. Take the left onto Harvard Avenue and follow through Allston and across Commonwealth Avenue, continuing for about 1.5 miles. Just before reaching the major intersection of Harvard and Beacon Street, you will notice the giant theatre marquee on your right.

From Mass Pike, I-90 West (Boston): Take exit 20 Brighton/Cambridge. As you exit tolls, keep to your right around the off-ramp for Cambridge Street. Follow until you reach Harvard Avenue on your left, after the overpass turn left at the "Pizzeria Regina" sign. Take the left onto Harvard Avenue and follow through Allston and across Commonwealth Avenue, continuing for about 1.5 miles. Just before reaching the major intersection of Harvard and Beacon Street, you will notice the giant theatre marquee on your right.

From Interstate 93: Take the Storrow Drive exit and follow to Storrow Drive. Take Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square exit. As the exit splits, stay in the right hand lane. Take the first right onto Beacon Street. Follow Beacon Street through Kenmore Square (past the legendary Citgo sign), staying in the center lane. After you cross the overpass, keep going straight ahead, following the trolley tracks along Beacon Street until you reach the intersection of Beacon and Harvard Street, landmarked by a large Tudor style building with a clock tower (and a Walgreens) on the corner. You'll see the theatre one half block up Harvard, but continue on Beacon to Center Street and turn right to access the parking lot behind the building.

From Route 9: Route 9 inbound to the Brookline Village/Harvard Street intersection. The Brookline fire station is on your right. Go through the intersection and take a right immediately after the fire station, and loop around the back. You can now turn right and cross back over Route 9 onto Harvard Street. Follow Harvard Street through Brookline Village, about one mile to Beacon Street. Cross Beacon Street and you will immediately see the theatre marquee on your left. Parking is along Beacon, or go around the block and enter the lot behind the theatre on Centre Street.