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

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One of our best-loved broadcasters shares the raw and emotional story of the devastating impact of Covid-19 on her family - and how they are finding strength in hope, even at the darkest of times. I stood at the start of the new year feeling renewed, thinking that having got through the challenges of I'm a Celebrity ... I had survived the toughest experience of my life, faced my worst fears and thrived. Surely 2020 would be a breeze. How wrong I was. It hadn't been anything close to the toughest experience of my life. My biggest challenge was just around the corner, and it was, for the most part, going to take place in my own home. In March 2020, Kate Garraway's husband, Derek Draper, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in a medically-induced coma. Initially, Kate was told that he would not survive. A year later he was still in hospital. Now at home but requiring round-the-clock care, he is thought to be the UK's longest-fighting Covid-19 patient. In this intimate book, Kate shares her deeply personal story. As well as recounting how the illness took hold of their lives, she writes about how she is coping with the uncertainty of their future, how she's supporting her children through this traumatic time, how she has found strength in community and how she strives to hold on to hope even at the darkest of times. 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. By sharing the lessons she has learnt along the way, it will help us all begin to try to re-build our lives. Kate's exceptional courage, positivity and warmth shine through on every page, making The Power of Hope a truly inspiring read that will resonate with all of us whose lives continue to be touched by the virus. ************************************************************************* 'A raw, honest rollercoaster that touches the heart' ***** 'Kate and her family's courageous battle over the last year is told with such candour' ***** 'Written from the heart with the will never to give up hope' *****

Kate Garraway is a British TV and radio presenter and journalist and the author of The Power of Hope. She got her start on TV in 1994, joining the South edition of ITV News Central as a production journalist, reporter and news presenter. Two years later, she became co-presenter of the South East edition of ITV News Meridian. She launched the BBC 24-hour News Channel in 1997, and in 1998 she joined Sunrise on Sky News. Kate joined GMTV in September 2000, co-presenting GMTV Today alongside Andrew Castle, Eamonn Holmes, Fiona Phillips and Ben Shephard. In 2010 ITV breakfast relaunched as Daybreak. Kate was entertainment editor and co-presenter alongside Christine Lampard and Adrian Chiles. In 2014, Good Morning Britain was launched with Kate joining as one of the main co-presenters alongside Piers Morgan, Ben Shepherd and Susanna Reid. The same year Kate joined Smooth Radio as part of the relaunch of the station. She presents the weekday mid-morning programme, with 2.3 million listeners tuning in to her show each week. 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. She came fourth in 2019's I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!