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280 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2019
“Although she was precisely the same girl, people around her had become instantly friendlier and more enthusiastic. … the world also believed she was more intelligent. Katie knew it a felt deeply distressed.”
“We explain that they will look very different afterwards and ask: how do you feel about that?”
“I couldn’t justify asking my staff to put themselves in danger, providing round-the-clock care for an extremely infectious patient, without doing the same thing myself.”
“Their eyes are all I can remember, wide-open eyes reflecting their fear of what was to come. I saw them gasping for breath, surrounded by complete strangers dressed in spacesuits, uttering words they could not understand from behind plexiglas visors. … We could offer no more than mechanical treatments, which left me feeling extremely powerless and distanced. … We could do nothing to allay their fears or ease their loneliness. All we could do was promise to take good care of them”