{"product_id":"language-of-kindness","title":"Language Of Kindness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead Costa Award-winning author Christie Watson''s incredible No. 1\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir of nursing today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh'' Adam Kay, author of \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwas the Nightshift Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A\u0026amp;E to the mortuary, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A powerful insight into the life of nurses'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath'' Ruby Wax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304008622462,"sku":"NW9781784706883","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784706883.jpg?v=1778659021","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/language-of-kindness","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}