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This is Going to Hurt

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About the book

Now a major BAFTA nominated BBC comedy-drama starring award-winning actor Ben Whishaw.

The multi-million copy bestseller now with an exclusive preface by the author.

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.

Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few things you didn't - about life on and off the hospital ward.

'Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry

Sunday Times Number One Bestseller for over a year and winner of a record FOUR National Book Awards: Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Zoe Ball Book Club Book of the Year.

The BBC series was Winner of Best Longform Drama at the The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards and Best Drama at the Broadcast Awards. Critics' Choice Awards nominee for 'Best Limited Series' and 'Best Actor'.

Editions (3)

ISBN9781529062335
PublisherPan Macmillan
Publication Date02/03/22
Pages279

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  • sarahbooklove
    sarahbooklove

    83 Followers

    4.0

    Mir hat das Buch richtig gut gefallen. Der Humor war genau mein Ding, ich musste mehr als einmal lachen. Gleichzeitig ist der Klinikalltag sehr realistisch beschrieben. Trotz der vielen humorvollen Momente gibt es auch einige Szenen, die wirklich traurig sind und nachdenklich machen. Genau diese Mischung aus Witz, Ehrlichkeit und Emotion hat das Buch für mich besonders gemacht. Klare Leseempfehlung!

    Jun 29, 2026

  • to_read_perchance
    to_read_perchance

    25 Followers

    5.0

    Wow! That was a Rollercoaster. In equal parts hilariously funny and at the same time shatteringly sad.

    Mar 27, 2026

  • ragna
    ragna

    53 Followers

    4.5

    Spannend, lustig und eine eigene Sicht auf den Alltag eines Gynäkologen

    Adam Kay schreibt in diesem Buch seine eigenen Erfahrungen nieder. Ich habe sehr mitgefühlt in seinem Buch. Wieder einmal sehr Respekt vor dem bekommen, was Ärzte alles leisten müssen und was sie sich alles anhören müssen, von allen Seiten. Er erzählt witzige Storys, Geschichten die einem zum nachdenken bringen und Geschichten, wo man nur den Kopf schüttelt. Alles kurz und knapp und unterhaltsam.

    Jan 10, 2025

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