{"product_id":"book-eu5l","title":"Cost of Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe searing intimacy of\u003ci\u003e Girl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e combined 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it cost to live?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShocking 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\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49358758314288,"sku":"BDeu5l","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/249112-eu5l-Square.jpg?v=1734453886","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-eu5l","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}