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Dear NHS

A Collection of Stories to Say Thank You

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Dear NHS

By: Various
Narrated by: Caitlin Moran, Candice Carty-Williams, Ed Sheeran, Jack Whitehall, Joanna Lumley, Lee Child, Michael Palin, Paul McCartney, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Various
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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

FEATURES 75 STORIES NARRATED BY THEIR AUTHORS

Curated and edited by Adam Kay (author of multi-million bestseller This is Going to Hurt), Dear NHS features household names telling their personal stories of the health service. Contributors include Paul McCartney, Emilia Clarke, Stephen Fry, Sir Trevor McDonald, Sir Michael Palin, Naomie Harris, Dame Emma Thompson, Joanna Lumley, Miranda Hart, Ed Sheeran, David Tennant, Dame Julie Walters, Emma Watson and many, many more.

All profits from this book will go to NHS Charities Together to fund vital research and projects, and The Lullaby Trust which supports parents bereaved of babies and young children.

The NHS is our single greatest achievement as a country. No matter who you are, no matter what your health needs are, and no matter how much money you have, the NHS is there for you. In Dear NHS, an amazing list of inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them, and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day - selflessly, generously, putting others before themselves, never more so than now.

They are all heroes, and this book is our way of saying thank you.

This audiobook features readings by: Monica Ali, Pam Ayres, David Baddiel, Mary Beard, William Boyd, Frankie Boyle, Jo Brand, Kevin Bridges, Kathy Burke, Jimmy Carr, Candice Carty-Williams, Lauren Child, Lee Child, Bridget Christie, Emilia Clarke, Rev Richard Coles, Daisy May Cooper, Jilly Cooper, Fearne Cotton, Juno Dawson, Kit de Waal, Victoria Derbyshire, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Anne Fine, Stephen Fry, Professor Green, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Mark Haddon, Matt Haig, The Hairy Bikers, Naomie Harris, Miranda Hart, Victoria Hislop, Nick Hornby, Sali Hughes, Konnie Huq, Marina Hyde, E L James, Jackie Kay, Lorraine Kelly, Marian Keyes, Shappi Khorsandi, Joanna Lumley, Lee Mack, Catherine Mayer, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul McCartney, Sir Trevor McDonald, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Jojo Moyes, David Nicholls, Sir Michael Palin, Sue Perkins, Katie Piper, Jonathan Ross, Ed Sheeran, Paul Sinha, Frank Skinner, Kate Tempest, David Tennant, Dame Emma Thompson, Sandi Toksvig, Stanley Tucci, KT Tunstall, Dame Julie Walters, Phil Wang, Emma Watson, Mark Watson, Jack Whitehall, Josh Widdicombe, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Greg Wise, Benjamin Zephaniah.

A minimum of £1.00 from the sale of each book will be paid to NHS Charities Together and £0.05 will be paid to The Lullaby Trust.
Entertainment & Celebrities Physical Illness & Disease Science Sociology Witty Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

This book is the literary equivalent of the Clap For Carers, a love letter to NHS workers written by grateful celebrities.
This unfailingly readable volume celebrates the NHS and the incredible care it gives us.
Will have you in tears of both laughter and sadness.
Vivid tales here of broken bones, gaping wounds, burst appendixes, engorged boils, enlarged testicles and chronic diarrhoea...
All stars
Most relevant
very emotional book. Great that its read by the people telling the stories. well done Adam on another great book 📖

very emotional book

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A very important read, especially given the current pandemic, our NHS is so valuable and can never be replaced, heart warming tales to make you laugh and cry ... but ultimately, to remind your u how important this service Bo's to our country

If you read one book this year, make it this one

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It is amazing that so many well known people were prepared to share such personal stories in aid of such a good cause. In the same vein as Adam Kay's own stories, many of the celebrity stories are humorous but often have a serious note too. I highly recommend this book

Brilliant. Very moving and heartfelt

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It really is something else listening to people tell their stories. Buy this audiobook immediately!!

Buy this audiobook

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This is a brilliant collection of stories/poems/thoughts from many different well known people who are expressing their gratitude for the NHS.
Some are funny, some are sad. All are thought provoking.
An emotional, entertaining, and inspiring audiobook.

Inspiring!

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