Free UK p&p over £15 I bought the book and although I have wept at times whilst reading overall I have found it comforting. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love, Loss and Consolation Rachel Clarke. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Fair enough. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. 9781408712528. Little, Brown Book Group (January 30, 2020), She's English, but her story will resonate here in the US, as well, Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020, Refreshing, not to have to kow-tow to the Believers and True Believers among us, Superb writer describes her experience (positive) as a hospice doctor, Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020, A former journalist, retrained as a physician, describes defining moments of her practice in a UK hospice and related family insights. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 29, 2020. It also highlighted the poor mental health treatment in NHS care and how desperately that needs to change. ... Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. ", Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020. Book publisher. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke (Little, Brown, £12.99). ISBN: 9780349143934. Every day she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable. Refresh and try again. A brilliant combination of lyrical memoir and guide to living and dying, comparable to Kathryn Mannix's With the End in Mind and Julia Samuel's Grief Works, from the author of Your Life in My Hands. I’ve read so many doctors’ memoirs and other books about death and dying that it takes a truly special one to stand out. I feel a bit churlish about giving a negative review. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2020. Buy it here . In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Leave Review. This listing is from a previous year, search current listings » Quantity: Add To Cart. In Stock - usually despatched within 48 hours. I spent weeks in hospital recovering and months at home recovering and the 100 plus members of staff that looked after me did so as a human, no. Please try again. There's exaggeration: a quite normal (for me) supermarket event (start Ch 10) is depicted as a kind of hellish experience -- we all talk like this occasionally, perhaps to try and sound witty, but it's still a bit over-stated. This is a free service to help find the cheapest price for Books products online. Brief Summary of Book: Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke. There should be no doubt in our minds that everyone is entitled to live and die in the way that they wish, with help to to make their final days and weeks rewarding, without unnecessary interference, and without pain. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke Author:Rachel Clarke [Clarke, Rachel] , Date: February 15, 2020 ,Views: 126 The first 100 pages or so were very slow but it got much better as if went on. It needs to be read by any American who has experienced the death of someone he or she loves. Weight: 260 g. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. A book that meant so much. I have conflicted feelings about this book. But then doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of having to work your way through good ol' medical school days, internship, tough as it can ever be, just to realize you're as powerless as any other human? A Doctor's Story of Love & Loss by Rachel Clarle (NEW Hardback) RRP £16.99 (MBS-Books only £12.97 with FREE P&P to all UK addresses) From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Life in My Hands comes this vibrant, tender and deeply personal memoir that finds light and love in the darkest of places. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2020. Dear Life (A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss) Click to Enlarge. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. It can be chaotic, messy, almost violent with grief, but I am surrounded at work by human beings at their most remarkable, unable to retreat from the fact and the ache of our impermanence, yet getting on with living and loving all the same.”, The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2020). Welcome back. Find event and ticket information. Beautifully written, Incredibly moving, totally unputdownable ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️, I greatly enjoyed this. It should be required reading for all health professionals. Synopsis. Read it." Eventbrite - Heffers Bookshop presents 'Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love & Loss' with Rachel Clarke - Monday, 10 February 2020 in Cambridge, England. Eventbrite - Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge presents Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss with Rachel Clarke - Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at The Studio - Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian. Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. She learned that nothing - even the best palliative care - can sugar-coat the pain of losing someone you love. I've no idea how well it's selling in the United States; I suspect it's selling well in the UK. Please try again. Dear Life is the inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking and yet deeply uplifting story of the doctor we would all want to have by our side in a crisis. A truly wonderful book. Fair enough. Dear Life … Dear Life - A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss: Rachel Clarke. The author writes so poetically that it’s no shock that she is a former journalist and avid reader herself; she writes about terrifying and difficult topics but still manages to find a way to make the stories beautiful. Rachel's training was put to the test in 2017 when her beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love, Loss and Consolation (Paperback) Rachel Clarke. Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award'What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life. If you want to talk to someone following a bereavement, we’re here for you. I have conflicted feelings about this book. You are browsing: All Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love, Loss and Consolation. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. No ratings or reviews yet. Every day she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable. See all. Just another body with limited days. (I needed lots of kleenex while reading this book.). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2020. In 2019 I found myself in hospital, Dr's were unable to source the cause of my infection and illness and I was subject to many examinations and tests (MRI, CT, X Ray all happened more than once) it was discovered I had an abcess within my back and in surgery to remove it my body reacted by sending a massive toxic wave of poison through me causing Sepsis. Author Info. ”Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss” by Rachel Clarke, c.2020, Thomas Dunne Books, $28.99, 320 pages. Hardback. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss (Book) : Clarke, Rachel : In Dear Life , palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end. Also, hadn't she been a conflict-zone journalist? She also describes her father's diagnosis with advanced colon cancer, the course of his illness and his eventual death. $39.99. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It is a love letter - to a father, to a profession, to life itself.--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. It brought me often to laughter and - several times - to tears. Weston Lecture Theatre. It needs to be read by any American who has experienced the death of someone he or she loves. As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Find event and ticket information. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss Rachel Clarke As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. ―Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm"Though a new medical memoir seems to come along every five minutes just now, this one is special." Her words are brimful of love, grace and kindness – and by being so, put the place where this piece began firmly in perspective." “Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss” by Rachel Clarke, Thomas Dunne Books, $28.99, 320 pages Before the doctor opened her mouth, you knew this wasn’t going to … A gripping, moving and uplifting autobiography. Little, Brown Book Group. item 4 Dear Life A Doctors Story of Love and Loss 4 - Dear Life A Doctors Story of Love and Loss. I hope that politicians and fund-holders, administrators and all the 'stiff upper lip, keep quiet and stop making a fuss' types of medical staff read this book. Leave Review. As a person, 3/ and 4/ were enriching, uplifti. She is a superb writer who had this article-reader (few books) glued to her book. Clarke describes how she swayed from a career in journalism to medicine with the stories of her father - him being a doctor - and patients that she writes about with so much compassion. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love, Loss and Consolation. ―Financial Times. Dear Life: A doctor's story of love and loss by Rachel Clarke is published by Little, Brown. ―The Sunday Times"[Clarke's] intention is not to be maudlin or sensationalist. Being the sort of person who finds books the source of all knowledge I hesitated to Google death or dying; that seemed quite wrong. Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss Rachel Clarke. Dear Life: A doctor's story of love and loss by Rachel Clarke is published by Little, Brown. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke Download eBooks from Booktopia today. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Does this book contain inappropriate content? Opening Hours With unconditional support from her parents, she signs onto a medical school and begins what will become a remarkable unforgettable journey. 03/02/2020 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. [ the author's claim she thought a royal flush was bridge, not poker, does not sit easily with her Oxbridge background and RP voice. More love, joy, kindness, smiles, compassion and tenderness than any of us could imagine. Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. Whether you’ve done a lot of looking into illness and death or have never dared to pick up a book about such topics, I would urge you to read, This is a book that will touch you in the deepest way possible. Print This Page Dear Life (A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss) List Price: $28.99. Clarke grew up watching her dad practice medicine. Rather, what she wants us to grasp is that we have nothing to fear about reaching the end of our lives. Buy it here . See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. This is easily the most touching memoir I've read in years. It offers real food for thought about the way in which we respond and react to terminal illness and how our capacity for compassion paired with understanding and love can bring huge comfort to the grieving. She didn't start her working life as a doctor - she started off as a television reporter. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. £9.99. Book Review: Dear Life – A Doctor’s Story of Love & Loss May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020 / by Asanga Judge. A brilliant and well written aspiring book. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Hardcover. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Add to Wishlist. The Cornstore, Middle Street, Galway, Ireland E-mail: info@charliebyrne.com Phone: (+353) 091 561766 Warehouse: (+353) 091 792404. Synopsis. ‘Dear Life’ not only gives us a peek into the time when the author is the doctor but also gives personal insights of her experience of being a doctor, care giver and daughter in the section drawing from her mos. Anne Lamott, the beloved writer of memoirs including Bird by Bird and Traveling Mercies, once said, “You own everything that happened to you.... As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Rachel lives in Oxford with her husband and two children. In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Title: Dear Life: A Doctor's Story Of Love And Loss Format: Hardcover Product dimensions: 336 pages, 8.59 X 5.65 X 1.15 in Shipping dimensions: 336 pages, 8.59 X 5.65 X 1.15 in Published: 1 septembre 2020 Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group Language: English Please try your request again later. She rapidly learned that the personal toll for such work was too high. “But what dominates palliative medicine is not the proximity to death, but the best bits of living. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. A doctor’s personal view of life and death. To see what your friends thought of this book, Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss, Clarke’s is an honest, moving, and sometimes wrenching memoir. To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com . You are browsing: All Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love, Loss and Consolation. 4.3 out of 5 stars 249. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Thursday, 2 April 2020. The bulk of the book, however, focuses on her work in a hospice as a palliative care physician and her experience of her beloved. Kindness, courage, love, tenderness – these are the qualities that so often saturate a person’s last days. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Life in My Hands comes this vibrant, tender and deeply personal memoir that finds light and love in the darkest of places. Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love, Loss and Consolation (Paperback) Rachel Clarke. To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com . Something went wrong. Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke. Author Info. Not a read for the faint of heart as it clearly touches he souls of many. Among its pages are true horrors for those involved, but also a numinous beauty. After seeing positive newspaper reviews for this book I decided to buy it for me, and I couldn't put it down. Her audio narration is absolutely flawless. READ IT: "Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss" by Rachel Clarke. Free postage. 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