These Are The Hands by Deborah Alma

These Are The Hands by Deborah Alma

This anthology offers a unique insight into the real experiences of the people at the heart of the NHS - from the student nurse at the start of his career to the heart surgeon on the eve of her retirement. We also hear the stories of those whose vital work is often unseen and unsung from domestic cleaning staff to sign language interpreters. The poems offer unflinchingly honest and intimate accounts from the people who care for us from the moment of birth to the end of life. In crystallising the most beautiful and painful moments of being human, they speak directly to all our experience. Above all these poems are about our shared humanity. They are about the compassion and care that lie at the heart of the NHS and in all our lives. They also serve as a stark reminder of the human cost of trying to offer compassionate care in a system that is underfunded and understaffed and the importance of showing the same compassion and support to the staff we depend on to hold the NHS together. Leading UK poets have donated poems to this anthology including Michael Rosen, Roger McGough, Lemn Sissay, Sabrina Mahfouz, Kate Clanchy, Sam Guglani, Charly Cox, Molly Case, Wendy Cope and the estates of UA Fanthorpe, Dannie Abse and Julia Darling. All proceeds from this book will go to NHS Charities Together which supports over 135 official NHS Charities raising money for NHS hospitals, ambulance services, community and mental health services across the UK.

Alma, Deborah: - Deborah Alma has an MA in Creative Writing, is Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University, & is the Emergency Poet in her vintage ambulance. She is editor of Emergency Poet - an anti-stress poetry anthology & The Everyday Poet - Poems to live by (both published by Michael O'Mara). Her True Tales of the Countryside is published by The Emma Press (2016). Her first full collection Dirty Laundry (May 2018) is published by Nine Arches Press.

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ISBN 13	9781911048404
ISBN 10	1911048406
Title	These Are The Hands
Author	Deborah Alma
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fair Acre Press
Year published	2020-03-21
Number of pages	236
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.