Victories Never Last Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague by Robert Zaretsky

 This was an interesting combination of philosophy and history by Robert Zaretsky, with accounts of how famous writers and emperors handled other plagues. The section on Marcus Aurelius and his belief in Stoicism is probably the most moving and useful today, I thought. Zaratesky intersperses these with stories about his time volunteering in a nursing home during Covid.

I found this rather hard to read as an ebook because it is quite heavy-going and it really needs time and attention. My advice is to buy the paperback. Be prepared, though. It can be depressing and harrowing.

I received this ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.