Bibliofiles: How reading helped me get over COVID
Donna Liquori
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2of3 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine MayPenguin RandomHouseShow MoreShow Less
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I knew it was bad when I couldn’t read. The abdominal pains were so sharp and the fever so high, there was no way I could focus on one of the books I received over the holidays.
Turns out, it was bad: COVID-19.
I curled up and went in and out of sleep, dealing with pain, a high fever and some other unpleasantness. When my test came back positive, I was on the mend. Unfortunately, a week or so later, a dry cough started. I knew staying calm was important from past asthma events. And calm meant now turning to my books. I had bingewatched “Game of Thrones” when I started feeling better, but I yearned for my books and needed something less brutal. Or so I thought.