When the World Wore Masks: Life and Love in the Days of COVID-19

Book cover for "When the World Wore Masks: Life and Love in the Days of COVID-19" featuring an illustration of the Earth wearing a light blue surgical mask against an orange and dark brown background.

Not since World War II has a single long-term event so impacted the health of the people of the world. And since most of us alive today did not experience life during that war, we were even less prepared for the upheaval that this pandemic has brought. Virtually every foundation of human life was shaken. Not only did many of us lose friends and loved ones and all of us face the very real prospect of our own serious illness and death, but our deep-down bedrock values were challenged. Was it a sign of love to be with your loved ones — to share the crisis together with your family — or did the mark of love and concern become staying away from them? (And if you stayed away, how would you ever get those years back?)