Flutterby™! : Year of the Nurse

I have interacted with a lot of authors of very specific genres that are paranormal-romance adjacent, so I don't know if I've met Cassie Alexander, but her name seems slightly familiar. I suspect that I've run across her in the mentions or comments of one of the other authors I've followed or interacted with, but I wasn't super familiar with her work. But she's Bay Area, and when I saw some tweets pushing Year of the Nurse: A 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir, I dived on it.

Damn was that a difficult read, but worth it. It's a good reminder of why I'm still wearing the mask, limiting my social contacts, and trying to be at least a little cautious. It meshes with the stories I've been told by other friends who've worked in healthcare over the past year and a half, and with my one experience going into a hospital in the last year, with the ad-hoc negative-pressure region hastily constructed.

If you need a reminder about why we're still careful and not out of the woods yet, or a good look at what medical care under pressure looks like, or the cognitive dissonance of trying to remain on speaking terms with people who are denying your lived experience, this one's worth a read.