In his presentation, “All About Family Life: Living with Disability,” Akhil Sharma kicks off our monthly Narrative Medicine rounds for Fall 2015. He will talk about writing his most recent book, Family Life, which won the 2015 Folio Prize and was selected as one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2014. Sonali Deraniyagala called it “deeply unnerving and gorgeously tender at its core,” adding “Family Life gives us beautiful, heart-stopping scenes where love in [a] family finds air and ease.” Sharma’s previous novel, An Obedient Father, won the 2001 Pen Hemingway Prize. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and The Atlantic and have been widely anthologized. He lives in New York City.