An astonishing memoir about nursing and an urgent call for compassion and kindness
`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 Hurt
`A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath` Ruby Wax
Christie 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.
`It is very hard to describe the essence of nursing but Christie`s story captures it. Through her powerful writing the true value of the nurse becomes clear` Janet Davies, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
`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 Hurt
`A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath` Ruby Wax
Christie 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.
`It is very hard to describe the essence of nursing but Christie`s story captures it. Through her powerful writing the true value of the nurse becomes clear` Janet Davies, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
