Voices from the Pandemic, Eli Saslow
Voices from the Pandemic, Eli Saslow
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Voices from the Pandemic
Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience

Author: Eli Saslow

Narrator: Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Dion Graham, Alejandra Reynoso, Matt Godfrey, Amy Landon, Amanda Carlin, Andrew Eiden, Henry Leyva, ChantΓ© McCormick, Robert Fass, Eli Saslow

Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2021

Synopsis

A 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 • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and author of Rising Out of Hatred

The 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.

Through 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.

About The Author

ELI SASLOW is a reporter for The New York Times, and the author of VOICES FROM THE PANDEMIC, TEN LETTERS, AMERICAN HUNGER, and RISING OUT OF HATRED, which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He was awarded The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2014 and Feature Writing in 2023 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna

Eli Saslow is the journalist that wrote Rising Out of Hatred, the story of former White Supremacist Derek Black, in 2018. When I was offered the chance to read and review his new book, Voices from the Pandemic, I jumped on it, because I like this author a lot. Once I had it, I avoided it like the pl......more

Goodreads review by Novel Visits

Let me begin by thanking @gilmoreguide for pointing me toward π•πŽπˆπ‚π„π’ π…π‘πŽπŒ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 ππ€ππƒπ„πŒπˆπ‚ and encouraging me to give it a chance. I initially felt like it was too soon. We are still in the midst of this pandemic, so to look back felt a little premature, but I was wrong. Worldwide, we all share the COVI......more

Goodreads review by Lorraine

This was an absolutely beautiful, necessary and powerful collection of pandemic stories. As heartbreaking as this book is, it’s incredibly eye-opening and sadly extremely realistic as well. I must say, this book has helped me put things into perspective and become immensely thankful for my governmen......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

There's something super weird about reading a historical artifact while the event remains ongoing. I'm glad this collection exists. To be honest, there have been so many strange phases to this thing, and there's so much that I had already forgotten. It's good to have a record with a wide variety of......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Voices from the Pandemic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *thank you @doubledaybooks for the #gifted copy in exchange for an honest review* I finished reading this book last night and I can’t stop thinking about the stories that I read. A cross-section of Americans and their experiences in real time is what fills this book......more

Quotes

Two-time Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"Voices from the Pandemic offers a rich and valuable portrait of a confusing, frightening time in our history."
-Associated Press
 
"One of the nation’s preeminent storytellers"
-Oregon Live
 
"Saslow has done a sterling job of capturing real people’s experiences of the start of the pandemic."
-Tampa Bay Times

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