Product Description
by Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard (Author)
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the world with unprecedented challenges. The effects on society have been comprehensive and affected every walk of life. In Pandemic Heroes and Heroines, Marguerite Bouvard offers the first book-length study of the pandemic's impact on one of the most vulnerable groups, front line medical workers charged with caring for the sick and providing general health and welfare.
Author Biography
Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard was born in Trieste Italy. She is a former professor of Political Science and poetry workshops, and the author of 20 books in the fields of politics, women's rights, human rights, grief, illness and spirituality. She has also written 8 books of poetry, her first won the Quarterly Review of Literature prize and her seventh The Unpredictability of Light, won the MassBook Award for poetry. Her latest book was The Invisible Wounds of War; Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan. She is a Resident Scholar at the Women Studies Research Center, Brandeis University.
