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Title: Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of life, Death & the NHS
Author: ROSEN MICHAEL
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 18/05/2021
Imprint: EBURY PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
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.
ISBN: 9781529109450
Pages: 224