Books by Rachel Clarke
“The parents of the donor, the little girl who died, are able to listen to her heart beating in the little boy whose life it saved. I have to tell you, as stories go, I am already beginning to weep just thinking about it. Again, it’s a book that once read is never forgotten. It’s told with extraordinary insight, medical knowledge and extraordinary sensitivity to the people involved. She tells their story, of something we take for granted, heart transplants, in a way that I’ve never seen it told before. It’s profoundly moving.” Read more...
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist
Isabel Hilton, Journalist
Breathtaking
by Rachel Clarke
Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor, is her memoir of working as a doctor during the COVID pandemic, and what it was like for staff as they battled to save people's lives in unimaginable conditions. Four of her colleagues lost their lives because they lacked critical protective equipment, and Clarke dedicates the book to them. The ITV series based on the memoir is also excellent.
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss
by Rachel Clarke
***Longlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
Interviews where books by Rachel Clarke were recommended
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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Question 7
by Richard Flanagan -
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The Story of a Heart
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A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
by Viet Thanh Nguyen -
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
by Sue Prideaux -
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Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
by David Van Reybrouck
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Isabel Hilton
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Isabel Hilton
From nuclear war to a heartbreaking medical story, from the memoirs of novelists and the life of an artist to the struggle for independence in Indonesia, British journalist Isabel Hilton introduces the six books that made the shortlist of the UK’s most prestigious nonfiction prize.
