Lockdown Life : The Pandemic Experience for Older Diarists.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madge, Nicola.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.

Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic took many by surprise when it arrived in Britain in early 2020. Daily lives changed dramatically from March with the introduction of unprecedented restrictions and lockdowns. How did people react? This book draws on the diaries of 68 men and women aged 70 and above, capturing their thoughts and experiences over the following months. Although these older diarists considered themselves among the more fortunate at the time, their entries reveal both highs and lows. There were anxieties and frustrations but also much positivity and, often, a reluctance for an over-hasty return to pre-pandemic times. Through these personal and contemporaneous accounts, the book offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the pandemic and its significance in modern social history.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

About the author

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

The pandemic arrives

Unprecedented control

All in it together?

The ‘new normal’

Keeping the virus at bay

Clouds and silver linings

The gradual return

Was anything learned?

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4473-7256-5

1-4473-7255-7

OCLC:

1503841488