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.
Many Different Kinds of Love : A story of life, death and the NHS - Michael Rosen & Chris Riddell
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