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The Time We Have : Essays on Pandemic Living

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Overview

A candid and cathartic exploration of pandemic life, from family to pop culture to healthcare--and beyond At a time when so many are dealing with collective and personal grief, award-winning author and journalist Michele Weldon's new collection of essays navigates the revelatory and upending nature of this extraordinary pandemic era through a lens of love and connection. Weldon explores pain and pleasure alike with emotional texture, empathy, wisdom, vulnerability, and humor. She interrogates moments of joy, despair, and triumph, offering readers the possibility for a richly cathartic experience. With honesty and agility, Weldon creates poignant intersections of her narrative with popular culture, history, media, news, consumerism, family traditions, and healthcare. Employing honest and daring language, Weldon examines the concepts of safety, importance of beloved objects, power of words, shift to remote relationships, concepts of feminism, betrayal of public lies, and more. Ultimately, with grace and heart, Weldon offers in these essays useful pathways toward framing this swath of time so that we might arrive at a sense of understanding, belonging, and peace with our new realities.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780810147348
  • ISBN-10: 0810147343
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press
  • Publish Date: July 2024
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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