{"product_id":"voices-from-the-pandemic-americans-tell-their-stories-of-crisis-courage-and-resilience-paperback","title":"Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEli Saslow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and cathartic portrait of a country grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic--from feeling afraid and overwhelmed to extraordinary resilient--told through voices of people from all across America \u003cb\u003e- F\u003c\/b\u003erom the \u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of\u003ci\u003e Rising Out of Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Covid-19 pandemic was a world-shattering event, affecting everyone in the nation. From its first ominous stirrings, renowned journalist Eli Saslow began interviewing a cross-section of Americans to capture their experiences in real time: An exhausted and anguished EMT risking his life in New York City; a grocery store owner feeding his neighborhood for free in locked-down New Orleans; an overwhelmed coroner in Georgia; a Maryland restaurateur forced to close his family business after forty-six years; an Arizona teacher wrestling with her fears and her obligations to her students; rural citizens adamant that the entire pandemic is a hoax, and retail workers attacked for asking customers to wear masks; patients struggling to breathe and doctors desperately trying to save them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough Saslow's masterful, empathetic interviewing, we are given a kaleidoscopic picture of a people dealing with the unimaginable. These deeply personal accounts constitute a crucial, heartbreaking record of the sweep of experiences during this troubled time, and show us America from its worst and to its resilient best.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eELI SASLOW is a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eTen Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRising Out of Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He was awarded The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2014 and was a Pulitzer Finalist in Feature Writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017. The series on which this book is based won the 2020 George Polk award for Oral History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157985005703,"sku":"9780593312797","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/deb53d5dcac1be4a64b810470315b65a.webp?v=1733255237","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/voices-from-the-pandemic-americans-tell-their-stories-of-crisis-courage-and-resilience-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}