THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDSo very important NIGELLA LAWSONBrilliantly alive SUNDAY TIMESA truly wonderful book. Read it HENRY MARSHShows us the very best of human nature ADAM KAYHer words are brimful of love, grace and kindness GUARDIANAs a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Every day, she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable. Rachels training was put to the test in 2017 when her beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She learned that nothing even the best palliative care can sugarcoat the pain of losing someone you love. And yet, she argues, in a hospice there is more of what matters in life more love, more strength, more kindness, more joy, more tenderness, more grace, more compassion than you could ever imagine. For if there is a difference between people who know they are dying and the rest of us, it is simply this that the terminally ill know their time is running out, while we live as though we have all the time in the world. Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. It is a love letter to a father, to a profession, to life itself.

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: BGTA; Weight: 386 g; Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 34

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.