<p><b><H3>THE<i> SUNDAY TIMES</i> TOP TEN BESTSELLER</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD</H3></b><br><br><b>''So very important'' </b>NIGELLA LAWSON<br><br><b>''Brilliantly alive'' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br><b>''A truly wonderful book. Read it'' </b>HENRY MARSH<br><br><b>''Shows us the very best of human nature'' </b>ADAM KAY<br><br><b>''Her words are brimful of love, grace and kindness'' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br>As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Every day, she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable. <br><br>Rachel''s training was put to the test in 2017 when her beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She learned that nothing - even the best palliative care - can sugar-coat the pain of losing someone you love. And yet, she argues, in a hospice there is more of what matters in life