Rachel Clarke 2 Books Collection Set (Dear Life, Your Life In My Hands) - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set

Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love, Loss and Consolation
Your Life In My Hands: A Junior Doctor's Story

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Dear Life ISBN: 9780349143934
Your Life In My Hands ISBN: 9781786068651
Publishers: Abacus, Metro Publishing
Age Range: Adult

Overview
This powerful two-book collection brings together Dr Rachel Clarke's Sunday Times bestselling accounts of life and death on the NHS frontline. Dear Life explores the intimate world of palliative care, while Your Life In My Hands documents her early years as a junior doctor during the 2016 strikes. Together they offer a moving, honest, and deeply human portrait of modern medicine, ideal for readers of memoir, medical non-fiction, and anyone who has ever needed the NHS.

About the Books
Dear Life is Rachel Clarke's acclaimed memoir of working as a palliative care doctor, exploring what it means to care for people at the end of their lives. Drawing on her own experience of losing her father to cancer, Clarke writes with rare candour about grief, love, and the surprising moments of joy found in a hospice. The book was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, cementing its place as one of the most admired medical memoirs of recent years.

Your Life In My Hands takes readers back to the beginning of Clarke's medical career, capturing the pressures, exhaustion, and idealism of life as a junior doctor. Written against the backdrop of the historic 2016 junior doctor strikes, it is both a personal account and a passionate defence of the NHS as a public institution under strain. Clarke's background as a television journalist shines through in her clear, compelling storytelling, making complex medical and political issues accessible to general readers. Together, these books trace Clarke's journey from junior doctor to palliative care specialist.

• Two Sunday Times bestselling memoirs by a working NHS doctor
• Honest, moving insight into palliative and frontline hospital care
• Award-shortlisted writing praised for warmth and humanity
• Perfect gift for NHS staff, healthcare students, and memoir readers
• Brand new paperback copies, ready to read or gift

About the Author
Before training as a doctor, Rachel Clarke worked as a television journalist and documentary maker. She now specialises in palliative medicine, caring for patients at the end of life while championing the power of storytelling to build empathy. Clarke is the author of several Sunday Times bestselling books, including Breathtaking, her account of the NHS during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her writing combines clinical insight with deeply personal reflection, earning widespread critical acclaim and multiple award nominations.

Why You'll Love This Collection
These two unforgettable memoirs pair beautifully, showing both ends of an NHS doctor's journey. Honest, humane, and beautifully written, they're essential reading for anyone who values the NHS or loves a powerful true story.

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