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

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It puts my own struggles into perspective and proves what doesn't kill us makes us stronger and the lows highlight how special the highs are. Derek was hospitalised for over 12 months, and due to him contracting Covid in the early stages, unfortunately nothing was known about the what the future held for people and what treatments they were able to receive. That in itself is worse than the Covid as it’s prolonged, and doctors aren’t sure how long it will last. Still in hospital and in a critical condition, he is thought to be the UK's longest-fighting COVID-19 patient.

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Kate recounts how her husband, Derek was rushed into hospital suffering fromCovid and his progress over the last 12 months. By sharing the lessons she has learnt along the way, it will help us all begin to try to rebuild our lives. Kate Garraway is a British TV and radio presenter and journalist and the author of The Power of Hope. COVID-19 has affected everyone across the country in so many ways, and Kate hopes that by revealing her own personal experience, it will give comfort to others. 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.I wish Kate and her family the best of luck and my thoughts are with them as the family deals with the repercussions of the illness on Derek and trying to get back to some form of normality in their day to day lives. She got her start on TV in 1994, joining the South edition of ITV News Central as a production journalist, reporter and news presenter. What an amazing book and what an amazing woman who I saw for years on tv and only recently realised how amazingly strong. Now at home but requiring round-the-clock care, he is thought to be the UK's longest-fighting Covid-19 patient. 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.

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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 found this a very insightful look into the life that Kate Garraway, her husband Derek Draper and their two children found themselves in following him having contracted Covid-19 and how it has impacted on them. 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. 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).

I watched the documentary recently, and was intrigued to hear further of how much her and her family have suffered. 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. He sounded like a very charismatic, northerner who enjoyed his life to the full with a very witty mind of intrigue.

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I loved reading about who supported her through the tough times and how everyone came together for Kate and her family. Meanwhile, Kate appeared in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2007, lasting seven weeks and finishing in 8th place with professional partner Anton du Beke.

I found at times in the writing that Kate was able to relate some of the humour that she was able to find in the little things that have helped her to deal with this life changing event on 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.