Garraway, Kate – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Thu, 16 May 2024 13:16:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Garraway, Kate – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The strength of love https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-strength-of-love/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-strength-of-love/ *** The Sunday Times Bestseller ***’Intimate, tender and brutally honest … a remarkable book.’ Decca Aitkenhead, The Sunday Times’These are probably the toughest times we have faced in many decades, and we all have to find within us the strength and resilience to get through and to find happiness and love in our futures, whatever life throws at us.’Kate Garraway has had to learn how to adapt ever since her husband Derek began his fight against the devastating impact of Covid, a condition that has left him needing 24-hour care at home and long spells in hospital, before he sadly passed away in February, surrounded by his loving family.In The Strength of Love, Kate explores issues that resonate with so many of us. She looks at the impact of trauma as well as the importance of resilience, adaptability, curiosity and positivity when recovering from it. She talks about identity, purpose, how to embrace uncertainty and take back control of our lives. Through her and Derek’s story, she provides comfort and wisdom that will help anyone who has ever felt desperate, lonely or experienced profound loss, or who is fearful about what the future holds.Despite all that she and her family have had to endure, Kate shows us that love truly is the most powerful and resilient emotion of all.

]]> The Power of Hope https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-power-of-hope-2/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20341 ‘A raw, honest rollercoaster that touches the heart’ *****
‘Kate and her family’s courageous battle over the last year is told with such candour’ *****
‘Written from the heart with the will never to give up hope’ *****
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In March 2020, Kate Garraway’s husband, Derek Draper, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in a medically-induced coma. Initially, Kate was told that he would not survive. A year later he was still in hospital. Now at home but requiring round-the-clock care, he is thought to be the UK’s longest-fighting Covid-19 patient.

In this intimate book, Kate shares her deeply personal story. As well as recounting how the illness took hold of their lives, she writes about how she is coping with the uncertainty of their future, how she’s supporting her children through this traumatic time, how she has found strength in community and how she strives to hold on to hope even at the darkest of times. Covid-19 has affected everyone across the country in so many ways and Kate hopes that by revealing her own personal experience, it will give comfort to others. By sharing the lessons she has learnt along the way, it will help us all begin to try to re-build our lives.

Kate’s exceptional courage, positivity and warmth shine through on every page, making The Power of Hope a truly inspiring read that will resonate with all of us whose lives continue to be touched by the virus.
THIS EDITION IS UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL ABOUT CARING FOR DEREK AT HOME.

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