From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow， a powerful portrait of a country grappling with the pandemic， told through voices of people from all across America

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， capturing 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 whole thing is a hoax， and retail workers attacked for asking people 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 make for cathartic reading， as we see Americans at their worst， and at their resilient best。