When We Lost Touch

<p>Grace a family therapist returns from a cruise to find that life has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her daughter's graduate program goes virtual and her grandson on the spectrum is home 24/7 with school by Zoom. Her best friend Katrina contracts the virus early on but isn't recovering. On top of that Grace is called to facilitate a COVID grief group whose members express rage and sadness at the senseless deaths of people they love.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile Molly and Mike forge a long-distance friendship over Zoom. A young couple Zed and Cherry finds validation and connection in QAnon. And on another front Theo a respiratory therapist questions the ethics of keeping oxygen-starved patients alive.</p><p><br></p><p><em>When We Lost Touch </em>is contemporary historical fiction set during the first 18 months of a deadly pandemic. Ordinary people lose touch with friends family reality and truth as they're caught in a war zone where most of the casualties are taken down by friendly fire. Kraus expertly weaves stories that portray life during a pandemic providing a gripping nuanced look at political social and medical challenges.</p>