From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter, a powerful and cathartic portrait of a country grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic told through wide-ranging voices of people from all across AmericaThe 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.