Breathtaking (book) explained
Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic is a 2021 memoir by British physician Rachel Clarke, published by Little, Brown and Company. It is based on the NHS during the first four months of 2020, leading up to and including the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[1] [2] The book was adapted by Clarke, Jed Mercurio, and Prasanna Puwanarajah, to produce a TV series of the same name, first broadcast in 2024.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The book was preceded by Your Life in My Hands (2017) and Dear Life (2020).[9]
Notes and References
- Book: Taylor . Anne . Elzen . Katrin Den . Lengelle . Reinekke . Writing for Wellbeing: Theory, Research, and Practice . 2023 . Routledge . New York . 978-1-032-16316-1 . 160 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0XAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT160 . en . 12. Doctors hold untold stories too: writing the self in medicine and health as an act of self-care.
- Rimmer . Abi . Sixty seconds on . . . Breathtaking . . 23 February 2024 . 384 . q487 . 10.1136/bmj.q487 . en . 1756-1833. subscription.
- Dhairyawan . Rageshri . Candour, care, and COVID-19 . The Lancet . February 2024 . 403 . 10428 . 718 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00311-8 . subscription.
- News: Bunting . Madeleine . 23 January 2021 . Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke and Intensive Care by Gavin Francis review – two superb doctor-writers . https://web.archive.org/web/20240429034543/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/23/breathtaking-by-rachel-clarke-and-intensive-care-by-gavin-francis-review-two-superb-doctor-writers . 29 April 2024 . 27 April 2024 . The Guardian.
- News: Patterson . Christina . 27 April 2024 . Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke, review — on the Covid front line . https://web.archive.org/web/20240429034917/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/breathtaking-by-rachel-clarke-review-on-the-covid-front-line-rq2c60l7v . 29 April 2024 . 27 April 2024 . The Times . en.
- News: Sullivan . Rory . 25 February 2021 . Breathtaking, by Dr Rachel Clarke, review: a remarkable chronicle of the pandemic, told from the front line . https://web.archive.org/web/20240429035500/https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/breathtaking-by-dr-rachel-clarke-review-pandemic-front-line-887719 . 29 April 2024 . 27 April 2024 . inews.
- News: Haseltine . William A. . Written From The Frontlines Of The Pandemic, Rachel Clarke’s Memoir ‘Breathtaking’ Is A Must Read . 27 April 2024 . Forbes . en.
- News: Moore . Wendy . Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a time of pandemic . 27 April 2024 . . 5 February 2021 . 24–26 . English.
- Thorley . Jennifer . How the light gets in . The Lancet Respiratory Medicine . July 2021 . 9 . 7 . 692 . 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00224-1 .
