The Sunday Times bestselling memoir about nursing and an urgent
call for compassion and kindness
Christie Watson is Professor of Medical Humanities at UEA and worked as an NHS nurse for over twenty years. She has written seven books, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel Award, and memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Christie is a contributor to The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and TEDx, and her work has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for theatre.
If it's taken a very long time to get a memoir written by a nurse,
then it was certainly worth the wait. I have rarely read anything
that has moved me as much or taken me by the hand so confidently
into an unknown world, teeming with life and haunted by death... A
remarkable book that I will be pressing on everyone I love
*The Sunday Telegraph*
A powerful insight into the life of nurses
*The Times, **Books of the Year***
It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh. It encouraged
me to appreciate this most underappreciated of professions more
than ever ... A gently remarkable book… it’s a privilege to have
Christie as our guide
*Guardian*
Wonderful
*Sebastian Faulks*
A deeply compassionate book… It will leave you weeping as well as
hopeful
*Sunday Times, **Books of the Year***
An amazing book -- terrifying at times, but tender and truthful.
Let's be thankful for wonderful nurses -- and writers -- like
Christie Watson
*Jacqueline Wilson*
Compared with the recent rash of doctor memoirs, this is a far
quieter and more thoughtful book
*Guardian, **Books of the Year***
I challenge anyone to get through all 336 pages without shedding a
tear for what those who work in "the most undervalued of all
professions" have to witness ... Expect her stories [...] to linger
with you many days after the final chapter
*The Sunday Times*
A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written
it makes you hold your breath
*Ruby Wax*
A poignant and powerful account of what it’s like to be a nurse.
It’s a profession that touches all our lives delivering expert and
compassionate care from the cradle to the grave. A must-read for
nurses and those interested in understanding the true art and
science of nursing
*Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England*
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