The Cost of Hope
by Amanda Bennett
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83%
Critic Reviews: 15
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Synopsis
From Pulitzer Prize winner Amanda Bennett comes a moving, eye-opening, and beautifully written memoir-a love story of two unusual people, their complex marriage and deep devotion, and finally, Bennett's quest to save her husband's life. When Wall Street Journal reporter Amanda Bennett meets the eccentric, infuriating, yet somehow irresistible Terence Bryan Foley while on assignment in China, the last thing she expects is to marry him. They are so... more
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- All Critics: 15
- Positive: 14
- Negative: 1
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The New York Times | 20 Jul 2012
Her memoir is equal parts marriage confessional and skilled investigative report. It’s a story of the sometimes amusing, sometimes baffling relationship and hectic but rewarding life she shared with Foley for over two decades.
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The Washington Post | 26 Jul 2012
The narrative focuses on the progress of Foley’s illness and is set against the larger backstory of how much his treatment cost — i.e., the cost of “hope” that he might recover to live a long and happy life.
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The Boston Globe | 11 Jun 2012
Bennett has written a deeply felt memoir wrapped in a rather half-hearted discourse on the economics of health care. Ignore the wrapper — and savor its rich contents.
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 May 2012
A moving, beautifully written chronicle of true love and a clarion call for health-care reform.
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Oregon Live | 14 Jul 2012
The real strength of the story lies in the descriptions of the wild swings between tenderness and ferocity while clinging to whatever hope remains.
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Philly.com | 4 Jun 2012
It is a puzzled, loving picture of a very human response to illness.
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Biographile | 15 May 2012
Her memoir chronicles their passionate and complex relationship through twenty years of working, marriage, the birth of two beloved children, and Foley’s tragic battle with kidney cancer.
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The Wall Street Journal | 21 May 2012
...weaves a memoir of a volatile but loving marriage with the tale of a daunting journey through the cancer-treatment system.
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IPL Staff Reviews | 14 Oct 2012
By reading this book you will get an education about illness and health care in this country.
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FT's Books | 23 Aug 2012
It’s a bit of a strange mix, and it did not work for me, although I very much enjoyed the personal story, of a delightfully eccentric man, a challenging marriage, and family routines that get reinvented over and over.
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Bermuda Onion's Weblog | 25 Sep 2012
At it’s heart, it’s a rather melancholy story, yet I found it fascinating.
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Views from the Countryside | 8 Jun 2012
I was engrossed in this book from page one to the end. I greatly admire her strength, her adaptability in the face of countless problems that would flatten many people, and her journalistic abilities.
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Frogen Yozurt | 21 Jul 2012
Rich in humor, insight, and candor, The Cost of Hope is an unforgettable memoir, an inspiring personal story that sheds light on one of the most important turning points in life.
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Gates Notes | 28 Aug 2012
What makes this memoir interesting is that there are not many books where the author speaks first-hand about the administration of our health care system or gives real life explanations to the current cost crisis.
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The New York Times | 20 Jul 2012
...she vividly presents the startling price and the occasional payoffs of hope, which buys us, at best, the simple “dailiness of our lives.”
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