Far From My Hospital Bed: Reflections on the Pandemic and Society

These are the thoughts flitted fluttered and formed as Teresita Cruz Del Rosario battled COVID-19 and experienced life as never before: one of danger and fear but also hope admiration and trust. Far From My Hospital Bed is a collection of non-fiction essays that were assembled over two years starting from the author’s twenty-five day stay in a Singapore hospital recovering from COVID-19. It is a book that is part story-telling part autobiography part meditation part memory part history part sociology and part manifesto.There are many tones in each of the essays: sorrow grief fear anxiety enthusiasm admiration celebration remembrance humour sarcasm admonishment. There are chapters on gardens noodles toilet paper God Twiggy sex Zoom and the Apocalypse.Finally this book is big on hope for a redemptive future for humanity and a plea to remake our world.