The Sunday times bestseller it made me cry. It made me . It made me laugh. It encourages me to appricate this most underappreciated of professions more than ever Adam kay author of this This is Going Hurt Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Talking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary,The language of kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care , compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurse a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night we stand by her side during the paitent agonising heart- lung transplant and hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire , attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive. In our most extreme movement when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism,she encourage us allto stretch out a hand.