<p>When Covid-19 swept across the world, it took everyone by surprise. Debilitating illness,</p><p>unprecedented lockdowns and tragic deaths soon followed. Then the questions arose - how</p><p>long would the devastation last and would anyone survive? Alwyn Marriage contracted Covid-19</p><p>early in the pandemic and that is where this moving collection starts. In poems written in real</p><p>time, Alwyn tracks the course of her own illness and recovery, the death of her brother and the</p><p>gradual dawning of new hope. Above all, she asks what we have learnt from this pandemic, and</p><p>whether the world will ever be the same again. This is poetry that grips you, may make you cry,</p><p>but will also warm your heart.</p>