Publisher's Synopsis
Great writers, artists, entertainers and thinkers talk about their experiences of the NHS and explore what it means to them in this unique collection curated and edited by Adam Kay, with all profits going to NHS C harities Together and The Lullaby Trust.
Curated and edited by Adam Kay (author of multi-million bestseller This is Going to Hurt), Dear NHS features 100 household names telling their personal stories of the health service. Contributors include: Sir Paul McC artney, Emilia C larke, Peter Kay, Stephen Fry, Dawn French, Sir Trevor McDonald, Graham Norton, Sir Michael Palin, Naomie Harris, Ricky Gervais, Sir David Jason, Dame Emma Thompson, Joanna Lumley and many, many more.
Absolutely 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.
Other writers include Peter Crouch, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Johnny Vegas, Jameela Jamil, Jack Whitehall, Chris Evans, Lorraine Kelly, Lee Mack, Jonathan Ross, Konnie Huq, Greg James, Frank Skinner, Louis Theroux, KT Tunstall, Sandi Toksvig and Kevin Bridges.
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, 100 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.
Contributors include: Dolly Alderton, Monica Ali, Kate Atkinson, David Baddiel, Zoe Ball, Johanna Basford, Dame Mary Beard, William Boyd, Frankie Boyle, Jo Brand, Kevin Bridges, Alex Brooker, Charlie Brooker, Rob Brydon, Bill Bryson, Kathy Burke, Peter Capaldi, Jimmy Carr, Candice Carty-Williams, Lee Child, Bridget Christie, Emilia Clarke, Martina Cole, Rev Richard Coles, Daisy May Cooper, Jilly Cooper, Fearne Cotton, Peter Crouch, Juno Dawson, Grace Dent, Victoria Derbyshire, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Chris Evans, Anne Fine, Martin Freeman, Dawn French, Stephen Fry, Mark Gatiss, Ricky Gervais, Baroness Tanni Grey- Thompson, Professor Green, Mark Haddon, Matt Haig, The Hairy Bikers, Naomie Harris, Victoria Hislop, Nick Hornby, Sali Hughes, Konnie Huq, Marina Hyde, E.L. James, Greg James, Jameela Jamil, Sir David Jason, Jackie Kay, Peter Kay, Lorraine Kelly, Marian Keyes, Shappi Khorsandi, Nish Kumar, Stewart Lee, Joanna Lumley, Lee Mack, Emily Maitlis, Andrew Marr, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul McCartney, Sir Trevor McDonald, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Jojo Moyes, David Nicholls, John Niven, Graham Norton, Chris O'Dowd, Sir Michael Palin, Maxine Peake, Sue Perkins, Katie Piper, Ian Rankin, Jonathan Ross, Frank Skinner, Paul Sinha, Matthew Syed, Catherine Tate, Kate Tempest, Dame Emma Thompson, Louis Theroux, Sandi Toksvig, Stanley Tucci, KT Tunstall, Johnny Vegas, Kit de Waal, Danny Wallace, Phil Wang, Mark Watson, Robert Webb, Irvine Welsh, Jack Whitehall, Josh Widdicombe, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Greg Wise, and many more soon to be announced.
