The Courage to Care

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A vital and timely book about inspirational nurses, and the bravery of patients and families, from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness

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. A community mental-health nurse choreographs support for a man suffering from severe depression. A teen with stab wounds is treated by the critical-care team; his school nurse visits and he drops the bravado. A pregnant woman loses frightening amounts of blood following a car accident; it is a military nurse who synchronises the emergency department into immaculate order and focus.

Christie makes a further discovery: that, time and again, it is patients and their families – including her own – who show exceptional strength in the most challenging times. We are all deserving of compassion, and as we share in each other’s suffering, Christie Watson shows us how we can find courage too. The courage to care.

© Christie Watson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • The handbook for compassion… a must-read book

    Chris Evans

  • She repeatedly finds the beam of light in the darkest rooms… Watson is a terrific guide to the gritty reality of hospital life… We have never needed their [nurses’] expertise more than we do now

    Daily Telegraph

  • Now more than ever, nurses are on our minds and in our hearts. Christie writes with beauty and compassion about how they do their jobs. When I wasn’t crying, I was marvelling

    Tracy Chevalier, author of A Single Thread

  • Magnificent… timely and resonant… In these unprecedented times, Watson challenges the rest of us to be more like nurses and to find the courage to care, no matter who is in need

    Sunday Express

  • An inspiring book for our challenging times. It’s never been more important to care for one another and the amazing Christie Watson shows us the way

    Olivia Colman

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