Christie Watson 2 Books Collection Set (Language of Kindness & Courage to Care)

Titles in this Set: The Courage to CareThe Language of Kindness Condition :BRAND NEWFormat : PaperbackISBN :9785853420076 The Courage to Care:Nurses have never been more important.We benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in our schools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feel most alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all.In The Courage to Care bestselling author Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work. The Language of Kindness: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. About the Author:Christie Watson is a British writer and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia and worked for more than twenty years as a nurse before becoming an author. She has written eight books: four novels, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away (2011), which won the Costa First Novel Award, and four works of non-fiction, including memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times Bestseller and spent five months in the Top Ten Bestseller list. Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages, adapted for theatre, and is currently being developed as a television series. Killing Me Softly, her latest novel, will be released March 2026.