Every Kind of People

What comes through most in the book is the privilege of intimacy that comes from caring, the close relationships and love * Guardian * Written with compassion, candour, and often hilarity * Radio Times * In a first of its kind, here is a memoir of a home care worker: a deeply compelling story of one of the most unsung professions in the UK, brimming with anecdotes to make you both laugh and cry. A vital book * inews, The Best New Books to Read in October * An extraordinary account of what it is to care for others, both beautiful and painful to read. This book is a compassionate invitation to get up close to the human condition and those who attend to it * Dr Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know * Every Kind of People talks about what it’s actually like to be a carer: it’s full of love and full of warmth. * Adam Rutherford * Every Kind of People is not just essential reading for anyone curious about the realities of care work in this country; it’s also the work of a natural storyteller, and a book full of empathy, humour, and - yes - care. All kinds of brilliant * Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall Stand * This is an extraordinary and important book that will make you laugh, cry, admire and despair in equal measure. Beautifully written, it is both heart-warming and inspiring, but also left me with deep anger and puzzlement that care work can be so demeaned as “low skill” by our political leaders. How can a decent society so undervalue such difficult, challenging, and important work? Every Kind of People is a wonderful achievement * David Haslam * Marvellously life-affirming and utterly humbling * Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller, Editor's Choice * This is a fantastic and important book. It reads like a novel, complete with vivid characters, humour and tragedy. Above all, it is an insight into the hidden life of a care worker. I was lost in admiration * Tom Shakespeare * I am in love with Kate's storytelling, her ability to see the person and her fabulous, dry humour. This is a book about caring, and it's also a book about being in love with humanity * Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind *