The Language of Kindness

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<p><b>THE<i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>BESTSELLER</b> <b></b> <b>*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*</b></p><p><b>An astonishing memoir about nursing and an urgent call for compassion and kindness</b> <b></b> <b>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<i>This is Going to Hurt</i></b> <b>A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath Ruby Wax</b></p><p>Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary,<i>The Language of Kindness</i>is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.</p><p>We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patients 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>It is very hard to describe the essence of nursing but Christies story captures it. Through her powerful writing the true value of the nurse becomes clear</b><b>Janet Davies, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing</b></p>

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<p>Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. She worked in a variety of healthcare settings, but spent most of her career in paediatric intensive care in large NHS hospitals before becoming a resuscitation nurse. Christie now teaches and writes and advocates for nursing. Her first novel,<i>Tiny Sunbirds Far Away</i>, won the Costa First Novel Award and her second novel,<i>Where Women Are Kings</i>, was also published to international critical acclaim. Her works have been translated into eighteen languages.</p><p>www.christiewatsonauthor.co.uk</p>

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