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A State of Emergency
- Author
- Richard Chambers
- Narrator
- Richard Chambers
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 28 October 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Politics and government, News media and journalism, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Personal and public health / health education, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Medical research, History of medicine, Memoirs, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Popular medicine and health
What to expect
The incendiary untold story of Ireland’s response to the most significant public health emergency of the past century, woven from a wealth of original research and dozens of interviews with ministers, politicians, public health experts, essential workers, and ordinary people on whom the crisis exacted a personal toll.
Ranging from the halls of Government Buildings, where a new Cabinet riven by personal acrimony found itself beset by a series of unprecedented crises, to the frontlines of the containment effort itself, where medical practitioners and the communities they serve were pushed to breaking point, A Year Unlike Any Other is a landmark work of investigative journalism and the defining account of an extraordinary time in Irish history.
Critics Review
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‘Absolutely RIVETING’ – Marian Keyes
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‘The last thing I thought I would want to read at the end of 2021 was a book about Covid-19 … I was wrong. At times it reads like a thriller with larger-than-life characters we all think we know, who are all just human in the end.’ – Rick O’Shea
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‘An absolutely fascinating read’ – Claire Byrne
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Details
- Author
- Richard Chambers
- Narrator
- Richard Chambers
- Duration
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 October 2021
- ISBN
- 9780008502843
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Politics and government, News media and journalism, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Personal and public health / health education, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Medical research, History of medicine, Memoirs, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Popular medicine and health
Synopsis
The incendiary untold story of Ireland’s response to the most significant public health emergency of the past century, woven from a wealth of original research and dozens of interviews with ministers, politicians, public health experts, essential workers, and ordinary people on whom the crisis exacted a personal toll. Ranging from the halls of Government Buildings, where a new Cabinet riven by personal acrimony found itself beset by a series of unprecedented crises, to the frontlines of the containment effort itself, where medical practitioners and the communities they serve were pushed to breaking point, A Year Unlike Any Other is a landmark work of investigative journalism and the defining account of an extraordinary time in Irish history.
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