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Kate Jennings (1) (1948–2021)

Autor de Moral Hazard

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11+ Obras 407 Miembros 16 Reseñas

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Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1948-05-20
Fecha de fallecimiento
2021-05-01
Género
female
Nacionalidad
Australia (birth)
Lugar de nacimiento
Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Lugar de fallecimiento
New York, New York, USA
Educación
University of Sydney
Ocupaciones
novelist
essayist
poet
Relaciones
Cato, Bob (husband)
Agente
Margaret Connolly

Miembros

Reseñas

According to the NY Times, this is a fine novel. It is a short novel. It's painless to read but I just don't get it.
 
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susandennis | 5 reseñas más. | Jun 5, 2020 |
This is an example of how much can be said in so few words. It is black and compelling and humorous. It resonated. I grew up during this period in this countryside. The landscape, the life, it's all there. The characters are well drawn and understood though not always likeable, certainly Irene is not. One can only wonder at the life Boy and his sister made for themselves after such a beginning. I don't know what else I can say. It's a five star read.
 
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IMSauman | 3 reseñas más. | Dec 31, 2018 |
Moral hazard is about a woman whose husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and who, to obtain the money needed for his care in health-care expensive USA, gets a job as speechwriter for a mid-level investment bank on Wall Street. The wife’s name is Cath (not Kate) and the husband’s name is Bailey (not Bob Cato, the name of Jennings’ husband). Kate Jennings, though, did work as a speechwriter on Wall Street. Fictional Bailey and real Bob are both artists/designers, and both men were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but Bailey’s end has a particular drama to suit Jennings’ purpose.

From its very start, in fact, it’s clear that Moral hazard has been carefully written and structured, despite its closeness to Jennings’ life. For my full review, please see: https://whisperinggums.com/2016/02/28/kate-jennings-moral-hazard-review/
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minerva2607 | 5 reseñas más. | Nov 13, 2016 |
A most intelligent book about working on Wall St in speechwriting. Quieter than highly recommended "Bond Girl", Cath is struggling with the endorsements of crap she has to pump out and also with the onset of Alzheimers in her much older husband. Tragedies, both, but the soul selling means very little in comparison to the loss of her beloved after only ten good years.

"All around us, impossible sums of money were heaped on people who were no more deserving of it than any other kind of professional." And that's mild!

The descent of Cath's husband Bailey into dementia is somewhat mitigated by the strong friendship of Mike, a risk manager, who schools Cath at the beginning of her tenure and helps her to become an adept student of mediocre Wall St managers.

Most painful is her terrible experience at a hardly disguised St. Vincent's Hospital, where the DNR on Bailey and Cath's wishes are brutally disregarded. I do believe this is a truthful tale and oh so vividly and beautifully written. And it would a way better movie than that idiotic "Blue Jasmine".
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froxgirl | 5 reseñas más. | Mar 8, 2014 |

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Obras
11
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Miembros
407
Popularidad
#59,758
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
16
ISBNs
47
Idiomas
2

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