Hope turns out to be priceless, and enduring." -Dominique Browning, author of Slow Love "No one who reads this book will ever forget it. Long after one reads it, The Cost of Hope stays in one's heart and mind." -Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind and Nothing Was the Same "A beautiful, brave, funny, vexing, and tender love story-a fight against death to save a man who was larger than life. Amanda Bennett describes her lively, complex, never-dull life with her husband with a directness that is both understated and heartbreaking, and in the context of his illness and treatment she asks the unanswerable: What are the human and economic costs of providing medical treatment when the outcome is uncertain? Bennett writes beautifully about love and loss, and how they illuminate one another. story of how to fight for any hope you can get when there seems to be none, provides touching and instructive wisdom for the millions affected by cancer." - Publishers Weekly " loving picture of a very human response to illness….Inspiring in some ways, it is also exhausting and frustrating to follow all the blind leads, to accompany Bennett on quest.Even this reader's mixed feelings are a testament to Bennett's courage and honesty." - Philadelphia Inquirer "With humor and compassion, Bennett provides a fascinating look at the American health care system." - All You "Here is a book about marriage, love, and hope when there would seem to be no reason to hope. illuminates the conundrum Americans face over the high cost of care." - Wall Street Journal "The hot-button issue of unregulated health-care costs underscores this engaging memoir of marriage and terminal illness.A moving, beautifully written chronicle of true love and a clarion call for health-care reform." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " affecting memoir….
"A memoir of a volatile but loving marriage with the tale of a daunting journey through the cancer-treatment system….
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