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''The work of a natural storyteller ... All kinds of brilliant'' JON McGREGOR
I am in love with Kate''s storytelling, her ability to see the person and her fabulous, dry humour. This is a book about caring, and it''s also a book about being in love with humanity' KATHRYN MANNIX
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A luminous, uplifting and deeply moving memoir by a care worker, told through her funny, heartbreaking, sometimes frustrating, and always eye-opening encounters with the often overlooked and marginalised people she cares for.
''Being as close as this to someone is a uniquely precious place to be. It is a place where secrets are revealed and fears are shared and outrageous jokes are made that could not be told to anyone else. It is a coal face of human experience''
Kate never expected to become a home care worker. But when she left her senior role in the NHS, burnt-out and disheartened, she thought caring for people in their own homes would be
