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The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the world with unprecedented challenges. The effects on society have been comprehensive and affected every walk of life. In Pandemic Heroes and Heroines, Marguerite Bouvard offers the first book-length study of the pandemic’s impact on one of the most vulnerable groups, front line medical workers charged with caring for the sick and providing general health and welfare.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 242
Publisher: Academica Press
Imprint: Academica Press
Publication Date:
01 October 2021
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781680539004
Format: Paperback
For those who saw news reports of hospitals dealing with COVID-19 and want a personal behind-the-scenes understanding, Marguerite Bouvard’s book is a compelling and sobering dive into the eye of a pandemic. Not many people realize that working in the ICU and the step down of a hospital during Covid-19 is like working in a war zone, surrounded by deaths, and overwhelmed with the number of patients.
Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard was born in Trieste Italy. She is a former professor of Political Science and poetry workshops, and the author of 20 books in the fields of politics, women's rights, human rights, grief, illness and spirituality. She has also written 8 books of poetry, her first won the Quarterly Review of Literature prize and her seventh "The Unpredictability of Light," won the MassBook Award for poetry. Her latest book was "The Invisible Wounds of War; Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan." She is a Resident Scholar at the Women Studies Research Center, Brandeis University.