{"product_id":"cost-of-living-essays-9781250213303","title":"Cost of Living: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2022 - USA TODAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Chicago Public Library's \"Best Books of 2022\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAstute, compassionate and lethally funny. Maloney is an exceptionally alert writer on whom nothing is lost, who sees everything with excruciating clarity.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe searing intimacy of\u003ci\u003e Girl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e combines with the uncomfortable truths of \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e in a collection of essays chronicling one woman's experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it cost to live?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When we fall ill, our lives are itemized on a spreadsheet. A thousand dollars for a broken leg, a few hundred for a nasty cut while cooking dinner. Then there are the greater costs for even greater misfortunes. The car accidents, breast cancers, blood diseases, and dark depressions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Emily Maloney was nineteen she tried to kill herself. An act that would not only cost a great deal personally, but also financially, sending her down a dark spiral of misdiagnoses, years spent in and out of hospitals and doctor's offices, and tens of thousands owed in medical debt. To work to pay off this crippling burden, Emily becomes an emergency room technician. Doing the grunt work in a hospital, and taking care of patients at their most vulnerable moments, chronicling these interactions in searingly beautiful, surprising ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shocking and often slyly humorous, \u003ci\u003eCost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant examination of just what exactly our troubled healthcare system asks us to pay, as well as a look at what goes on behind the scenes at our hospitals and in the minds of caregivers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Maloney\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGlamour, Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Nursing\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has worked as a dog groomer, pastry chef, general contractor, tile setter, and catalog model and has sold her ceramics at art fairs. Maloney has twice been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship. She lives in Evanston, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629804556562,"sku":"9781250213303","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b8d98bf-8e08-4f67-8755-37268ec9d2a0.jpg?v=1732734283","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cost-of-living-essays-9781250213303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}