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A Best Book of 2022 - USA TODAY
Named one of the Chicago Public Library''s Best Books of 2022

Astute, compassionate and lethally funny. Maloney is an exceptionally alert writer on whom nothing is lost, who sees everything with excruciating clarity. Sarah Manguso, The New York Times

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combines with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams 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.

What does it cost to live?

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.

When Emily Maloney was nineteen

Cost of Living

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    A Paperback / softback by Emily Maloney

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      Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc
      Published 7 February 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250213303
      978-1250213303
      ISBN-10 1250213304
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      Autobiography: science, technology and medicine Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics Popular medicine and health

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Best Book of 2022 - USA TODAY
      Named one of the Chicago Public Library''s Best Books of 2022

      Astute, compassionate and lethally funny. Maloney is an exceptionally alert writer on whom nothing is lost, who sees everything with excruciating clarity. Sarah Manguso, The New York Times

      The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combines with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams 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.

      What does it cost to live?

      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.

      When Emily Maloney was nineteen

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