*~Can't Stop Reading~* discussion

For those of you who got something meaningful out of The Year of Magical Thinking, please consider The Cost of Hope.

The Boston Globe says The Cost of Hope is like Joan Didion's book..... it's a love story between two unusual people who met long ago in China ..... and what they did to try to keep him alive as long as they could .....

The Wall Street Journal says it "... illuminates the conundrum Americans face over the high cost of care—the fact that we will do almost anything to keep our loved ones alive because we can't bear to let them go."

The Philadelphia Inquirer calls it a story of a "piquant courtship" and the Minneapolis Star Tribune says: much more than the sum of its parts. It's a love story about two ridiculously mismatched people; a portrait of a maddening, brilliant man; and an examination of our nearly unfathomable health care system. It's written with such honesty that when you open the book you feel like you're stepping right into their life"

Two weeks after its release, it has 21 4 or 5 star reviews on Amazon, and a 4.59 average on Goodreads, with 22 ratings.

Everywhere the author speaks it is sparking profound discussion about end-of-life discussions and the role that love plays in trying to cheat death as long as possible

Please consider it for your book group.