The Power Of Hope: The moving no.1 bestselling memoir from TV’s Kate Garraway

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Despite the subject matter and the fear of what was happening to her husband during that period of time, Kate has managed to tell the story with true candour and honesty in the most difficult period of her and her children’s life.

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In this case she recounts little moments like those she had shared with her daughter and you can feel the love and humour resonating through. At times it was a really hard read, and I think it made me panic sometimes as the delta varient was on the increase in our area, but her message is so true. Despite the sad content this book is very inspiring and makes us realise the destruction that COVID has caused.Everyone remembers hearing the news that we were in a pandemic, but none of us (well I certainly didn’t expect this to still be here nearly 3 years down the line). She shares her belief in the power of hope at this time in her life as she tirelessly advocated for Derek and cared for her children while also conveying the mood of the nation in the UK at those points in the pandemic. Kate Garraway shares the raw and emotional story of the devastating impact that Covid-19 has had on her family - and how they are finding strength in hope.

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Reading about Derek's life before he became ill and how the virus has overrun his mind and body is very sad.This is a book that I can thoroughly recommend to others, it is definitely an eye opener in more ways than one. However, it was an interesting read, and knowing some of her story through her documentary on her husband ensured some of the book was very familiar.

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I really like Kate Garraway and am glad that I listened to, rather than read, her tell her story of their family's struggle through covid and the devastating effects it has had on her husband, Derek. The reader is immersed in the roller-coaster of emotions experienced by Kate and her children, but the incredibly strong bonds or love between them have helped them cope and cling onto hope. The quote above, from Vaclav Havel, is used on the flyleaf and encapsulates Kate's struggle to find, define and hang on to hope through the dreadful ordeal of her husband's battle with Covid.

I do wonder if a follow-up book might materialise as we now know her husband is home, but this isn't mentioned in the book. Kate recounts how her husband, Derek was rushed into hospital suffering fromCovid and his progress over the last 12 months. What is sad, is that even though he pulled through the Covid he has been left with considerable disabilities, including a minimal state of consciousness and he hasn’t pulled through (well only in small snippets). Not easy to read all the pain and sadness but as Kate says often throughout the book, we are all dealing with Covid in some way.