The Language of Kindness

* THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *'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' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtChristie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand.

About the author

Christie Watson

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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 Allison Pearson The Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Christie Watson, Watson Christie
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781784706883
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-688-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Health; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Medicine: general issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Nurse/Patient Relationship, Nurse / patient relationship