Love in the Time of Corona – Covid Chronicles is an inspirational anthology of stories from around the world, coming through the voices of ordinary people, sharing their experiences and reflections of the pandemic. From when lockdown was first declared in the spring of 2020, people struggled to make sense of the devastating effects of the pandemic; these stories give us a glimpse into their lives, of how they managed to transform some of the negative impacts of lockdown into something positive. This collection is unique, in that it focuses on love; love in all its breadth of meaning – love, of course, for another, whether it be new love or old love; love of nature, seen perhaps with fresh eyes as the wild world re-enters spaces in our towns and cities during the human lockdown; love of friends and family, love of home and garden, love of art and music, love drawn from the expanse and depths of our being, all coming together here in Love in the Time of Corona.
You can tell a book by its cover! The radiantly sanguine tree of life which first greets your eye proves a foretaste of good and heartening things to come: eighty nine memorable vignettes of lives lived under the shadow of the virus. This treasury of profound personal reflections sustains us as the world, hopefully, gathers its collective strength to defeat the pandemic. Strongly and unreservedly recommended.
An amazing, emotionally open, thoughtful, inspiring and heartfelt collection of personal experiences of lockdown from many countries. A very well curated collection that I'm sure will become a piece of history.