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Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, Edited by Adam Kay by Adam Kay

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charlotteamy1's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

sarah_kearney's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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4.0

As England was preparing to enter its second lockdown, this felt like the right book to be reading. It’s a collection of short thank you letters to the NHS, collated by Adam Kay who wrote the fabulous yet devastating This is Going to Hurt. The letters are written by a wide range of celebrities, including Emma Watson, Louis Theroux, Paul McCartney, Malala Yousafzai and Dawn French. Some of the stories they tell are heartbreaking, some are hilarious and each captures the depth of love and gratitude the people of the U.K. feel for the NHS. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to NHS Charities Together and the Lullaby Trust but even if it wasn’t supporting two incredibly worthy causes and still be encouraging you to pick up a copy of this brilliant little book.

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5.0

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challenging emotional fast-paced

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I loved Adam Kay’s book, Twas the Nightshift before Christmas, when this book was announced in 2020, I was dying to read it. Yes, it took me three years - I was hoping for the Paperback version, but it kept getting pushed back and I was getting impatient, so I finally order the Hardback version.

This book has 109 stories from different celebrities including Lee Child, Stanley Tucci, Trevor McDonald and Jack Whitehall. This book is about the National Health Services aka the NHS, and it is our single greatest achievement as a country. No matter who you are, no matter what is your health needs and no matter how much money you have, the NHS is there for you. In this book 109 people have come together to share their stories of how the NHS has been there for them and changed their lives in the process. These stories are a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day.

This book was created during the pandemic. The short story makes a total of 500 pages all from poems to health scares they have and health scares their families had. As someone who had a member of my family in hospital with COVID and had a underlying health condition it was a very scary time. All of these short stories are anywhere from a page to ten pages long to say thanks to NHS.

I am glad I didn’t read this during lockdown because I think it would have been too much obviously with the mentions of COVID-19, mental health and death. There were some sad and heartfelt stories but then there were also stories about bringing life into the world and how friendly the NHS can be.

I missed Adam’s commentary during this book, and he didn’t even have a chapter, but overall, this book makes me proud to be British.

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