Kate Jennings has an impressive resume – an ex Wall Street investment bank speech writer, author of a Steele Rudd Award-winning book, Women Falling Down and the internationally acclaimed, Snake – so it was with a sense of excitement that I picked up Moral Hazard. Moral Hazard is the ‘memoir’ of Cath, who faces not only the deterioration of her beloved husband, Bailey from Alzheimer’s, but also the machinations of a life as a Wall Street bank speechwriter. Through Cath, we are discover the effects of Alzheimer’s on a carer – her struggle to remember the man she married in the man who can’t even control his own movements. She also takes us into the world of corporate banking – a very alien environment for a freelance journalist, and even more so for a woman.
Published by Pan MacMillan
Jennings has made some very insightful and astute observations within a crisp, witty and brilliantly polished writing style. She has created the type of woman in Cath that you would love to have as a close friend. She’s intelligent, yet fallible; has a sense of humour, yet still feels pain.
Moral Hazard is an extraordinary read, opening the reader’s eyes to more than just the world of banking, but world politics and human foibles.