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The Language of Kindness

The Language of Kindness

A Nurse's Story

by Christie Watson
Paperback
Publication Date: 14/05/2018

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An astonishing memoir about nursing and a call to arms for compassion and kindness

Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A and E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.

We watch Christie with a new mother holding her premature son who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side as she spends many hours watching agonising heart and lung surgery, 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 there by your side. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages you to stretch out your hand.

"Christie Watson is a remarkable writer turning her attention to a crucially important conversation. This book is eloquent, moving and searingly relevant to all of us ” Nathan Filer, author of The Shock of the Fall

ISBN:
9781784741983
9781784741983
Category:
Psychology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
14-05-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
214x135x25mm
Weight:
0.37kg

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