EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE (PB)

A memoir of the unsung and often maligned profession of care working, and of the lives of the housebound and infirm. Beryl screams like a banshee whenever Kate tries to wash her, but collapses in giggles when her toes are tickled; bawdy Mr Radbert 'promised to give me his car when he can remember where he left it'. Although clear-eyed about the crisis facing the NHS and the care system, this is above all a celebration of the life-changing effect of caring - on those who offer it and those who receive it.