Dear Life, a doctor's story of love and loss

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Dear Life, a doctor's story of love and loss
Author Rachel Clarke
Set in NHS
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
2020
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Preceded by Your Life in My Hands (2017) 
Followed by Breathtaking (2021) 

Dear Life, a doctor's story of love and loss is a 2020 memoir by British physician Rachel Clarke, published by Little, Brown and Company. [1] [2] It succeeded Clarke's first book Your Life in My Hands (2017) and was followed by her third memoir Breathtaking (2021). [3]

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References

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