{"product_id":"9781035004980-price-of-life-who-decides-how-much-were-worth","title":"The Price of Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides\u003cbr\u003eIn stories that take us into the worlds of hitmen, insurance frauds and modern-day slaves, Jenny Kleeman explores the value of human life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Radio 4 Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003e'Jon Ronson meets Louis Theroux in the style of Joan Didion'\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating, funny, illuminating' \u003c\/b\u003e– Adam Hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riveting . human stories that make the impersonal intelligible' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e– The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn surprising stories that take us into the worlds of hitmen, insurance frauds and modern-day slaves, Jenny Kleeman explores the value of human life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. For philanthropists, judges, criminals and healthcare providers, it’s just part of the job. In \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we’re worth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a series of extraordinary encounters – with people who have faked their own death or lost a loved one to terrorism, with hitmen and with modern-day slaves – she discovers more questions than answers. What happens when we take human emotions out of the equation? Are some lives really worth more than others? In a world in love with data, what do we lose and what do we gain by leaving the judgments that really matter up to cold, hard logic?\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e– Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reframes how you think about the world' \u003c\/b\u003e– Sophie Elmhirst, author of \u003ci\u003eMaurice and Maralyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping'\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Writing, thinking and storytelling at its best' \u003c\/b\u003e– Ben Judah, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41607894794337,"sku":"9781035004980","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33613229_92083ed9-fc9f-4721-9f48-aeaa21e030f1.jpg?v=1744275219","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035004980-price-of-life-who-decides-how-much-were-worth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}