![]() ![]() ![]() What I found so moving about Rest and Be Thankful is that I feel like I, personally, have rarely read stories from the perspective of healthcare workers - only people impacted by the healthcare system. (Seriously: Someone talk to me about the ending of this book!!) Laura’s dread, and burnout, is palpable, but she continues to barrel forward - until the very last page. Emma Glass, a writer and nurse at a children’s hospital in London, expertly captures not only the trauma of what it’s like to be in the hospital as a patient, but what it is like to work in a hospital and deal with such horror and sickness constantly. Yet, she continues to care for sick babies. When she is awake, she hallucinates strange figures. ![]() When she does sleep, she has terrifying dreams. The protagonist of Rest and Be Thankful is Laura, an overworked and overtired pediatric nurse who works in a NCIU. ![]()
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