TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosen,Michael
TI  - Many different kinds of love: a story of life, death and the NHS 
SN  - 1529109450 (hbk)
AV  - RA644.C67 R67 2021
U1  - 362.19624140092 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Ebury Press
KW  - Rosen, Michael,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - National Health Service
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - Poetry
KW  - COVID-19 (Disease)
KW  - Patients
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - English poetry
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Hospital care
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Hospital patients
KW  - Nurse and patient
KW  - Prose poems, English
KW  - Health
KW  - Autobiographical poetry
N1  - P.B; Feeling unwell -- Going to hospital -- Induced coma -- Recovery, part one -- Rehab -- Going home -- Recovery, part two -- These are the hands
N2  - The powerful and personal coronavirus diaries of Michael Rosen, Britain's best loved poet, full of stories of love, life and the NHS. A national treasure's journey to the brink and back. 'Will I wake up?' 'There's a 50:50 chance.' Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from coronavirus as the nation teetered on the edge of a global pandemic. What followed was months on the wards: six weeks in an induced coma, and many more weeks of rehab and recovery as the NHS saved Michael's life, and then got him back on his feet. Throughout Michael's stay in intensive care, a notebook lay at the end of his bed, where the nurses who cared for him wrote letters of hope and support. Embarking on the long road to recovery, Michael was soon ready to start writing about his near-death experience. Combining stunning new prose poems by one of Britain's best loved poets and the moving coronavirus diaries of his nurses, doctors and wife Emma-Louise Williams, this is a beautiful book about love, life and the NHS. Featuring original illustrations by Chris Riddell, each page celebrates the power of community, the importance of kind gestures in dark times, and the indomitable spirits of the people who keep us well
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