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A Bed with a View

Peter Bennett

KEY SELLING POINTS

An honest and times amusing description of being a patient in an NHS hospital ward.
A humorous autobiography of growing up and finding work in Liverpool.
Reflections to the authors grandchildren on life’s challenges.

It began life as Peter Bennett's journal, a straight-forward account of his experiences as a patient on the ward of
a typical NHS hospital in the course of several extended visits starting in 2018. It gradually morphed into
something rather different. It became an ever more complex and interesting book; emerging as a vivid,
unflinching, by turns painful, angry, moving and hilarious memoir of this time.

This is a story filled with touching and comical memories and incidents. It gives unblinking insights into the
reality of the NHS today, showing how it functions and sometimes fails to function. It is partly a state-of-the-
nation piece but is also far more than this. It is something richer and more substantive, offering the reader a
fragmentary autobiography, a colourful recollection of Peter’s life as a successful lawyer and failed comedian.
And ultimately it is a guide of sorts for those coming of age today, and a source of wit and wisdom for anyone
shrewd enough to seek out, or fortunate enough to stumble upon, this richly entertaining book. It is a deeply
personal, accessible, moving and wise piece of work.

Peter Bennett was born in Liverpool. He practised as a solicitor for over 30 years, became a director of a
major regional newspaper group, and an investor in and mentor to young start-up businesses. He was awarded
an Honorary Fellowship by London Business School. He set up a charity to help students in Ukraine following
independence from the USSR. He has throughout his life, being a regular lecturer and after-dinner speaker. He
lives in Northamptonshire.

Publication Date: 28th May 2024 £15.99 ISBN: 9781805143857
Thema subject category: DNBA – Autobiography: general
hardback 198 x 129 mm 336 pp Portrait Author location: Northamptonshire

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