About the Author

Rachel Clarke is a current NHS doctor and former television journalist who cares passionately about standing up for her patients and the NHS. She originally read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University before making current affairs documentaries about subjects as diverse as the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Al Qaeda and the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She retrained as a doctor in her late twenties, graduating in 2009.She now works in palliative medicine, believing that helping patients at the end of life experience the best quality life possible is priceless.Rachel lives in Oxford with her husband and two children.

Reviews

This is a wonderful book. Rachel takes the worst life can throw at us and shows us the beauty in it
What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life. It sings with joy and kindness
A truly wonderful book. Read it
A truly beautiful book about death and life and the price of love. Told by a doctor, with compassion and wisdom. I cried, but they were warm, comforting tears. It made me think about stuff I fear in a new and better way
Moving, thought-provoking and so very important. I'm immeasurably grateful to have read it, and it will stay with me. In death, we learn about life
A touching and profound meditation on what it means to be human . . . it is a remarkable book * Guardian *
Dear Life names the tension between love and risk that gives life its sweetness. It takes readers to the edge of life in supportive, wise company
Heart-wrenchingly tender * Observer *
She writes with a tender, lyrical beauty * Sunday Times *
Her words are brimful of love, grace and kindness * Guardian *
A magnificent, tender book * Independent *
Moving . . . an honest account from the front line of death * The Times *
An enthralling and deeply affecting book . . . It is [the] blend of the personal and professional that makes Dear Life so special * Express *
Honest, clear-sighted and immensely wise, Clarke's book is laced with loss, vet raises a jubilant toast to life * Literary Review *
A heartbreaking, exhilarating read * Guardian *