THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS
Book ID/图书代码： 03277018C00022
English Summary/英文概要： 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
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一本关于护理的惊人回忆录，以及对同情心和善良的迫切呼吁。
这让我哭了。这让我思考。这让我笑了。它鼓励我比以往任何时候都更欣赏这个最被低估的职业。亚当•凯是《这将是一场伤害》一书的作者
克里斯蒂•沃森当了二十年护士。带我们从出生到死亡，从急诊室到太平间，《善良的语言》是一个令人震惊的职业定义的行为的关怀，同情和善良。
我们看克里斯蒂护士的一个早产儿奇迹般地熬过黑夜，我们站在她身边时她的病人的痛苦的心肺移植，我们屏住呼吸，她帮在致命的火灾中受伤的孩子洗头发，试图消除在悲痛的家人到达之前的有毒烟雾。
在我们最极端的时刻，在生活最紧张的时刻，克里斯蒂与我们同在。她是一个向导、导师和朋友。在分裂和孤立主义的黑暗日子里，她鼓励我们所有人伸出援手。
很难描述护理的本质，但克里斯蒂的故事抓住了这一点。通过她强有力的写作，护士的真正价值变得清晰起来。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“如果花了很长时间才得到护士写的回忆录，那么等待当然是值得的。我很少读到像这样打动我的书，或者像这样自信地牵着我的手进入一个未知的世界，那里充满了生命和死亡……一本非凡的书，我将把它强加给我爱的每一个人。”
“这是一本很棒的书——有时很吓人，但温柔而真实。让我们感谢克里斯蒂•沃森这样出色的护士和作家”(杰奎琳•威尔逊)
“我向所有人发出挑战，在读完所有336页的时候，不要为那些在“所有职业中最被低估的”工作的人所目睹的一切而流泪……期待她的故事。”——《星期日泰晤士报》杰基•安内斯利
"If it’s taken a very long time to get a memoir written by a nurse, then it was certainly worth the wait. I have rarely read anything that has moved me as much or taken me by the hand so confidently into an unknown world, teeming with life and haunted by death... A remarkable book that I will be pressing on everyone I love" (Allison Pearson The Sunday Telegraph)
"An amazing book -- terrifying at times, but tender and truthful. Let’s be thankful for wonderful nurses -- and writers -- like Christie Watson" (Jacqueline Wilson)
"I challenge anyone to get through all 336 pages without shedding a tear for what those who work in "the most undervalued of all professions" have to witness ... Expect her stories [...] to linger with you many days after the final chapter" (Jackie Annesley The Sunday Times)
About the Author/作者介绍： 克里斯蒂•沃森当了二十年护士。她在各种医疗机构工作，但在成为一名复苏护士之前，她的大部分职业生涯都是在NHS大型医院的儿科重症监护室度过的。克里斯蒂现在从事护理方面的教学、写作和倡导工作。她的第一部小说《远方的小太阳鸟》获得了科斯塔第一个小说奖，她的第二部小说《女人是国王》也获得了国际评论界的好评。她的作品已被翻译成十八种语言。
Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. She worked in a variety of healthcare settings, but spent most of her career in paediatric intensive care in large NHS hospitals before becoming a resuscitation nurse. Christie now teaches and writes and advocates for nursing. Her first novel, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, won the Costa First Novel Award and her second novel, Where Women Are Kings, was also published to international critical acclaim. Her works have been translated into eighteen languages.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold in UK (Chatto & Windus), the US (Crown Publishing), Canada (Doubleday), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus), Korea (Nike), Japan (Hayakawa), Sweden (Albert Bonniers Forlag), Spain (PRH), Norway (H. Aschehoug & Co), Portugal (PRH), Denmark (Lindhart og Ringhof), Italy (Mondadori Libri), Poland (Wydawnictwo Marginesy), Netherlands (HarperCollins Holland), Brazil (Editora Intrinseca), Taiwan (Locus), France (Flammarion), Germany (Random House), Ukraine (Family Leisure Club), Hungary (Alexandra Publishing) and in Catalan (Columna Edicions Llibres i Comunicacio).China(Shanghai Insight Media)
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