The Desperate Hours - by Marie Brenner

The Desperate Hours by Marie Brenner is a gripping and intimate account of the early days of the Covid pandemic in New York City, told through the eyes of the courageous men and women who fought to save lives across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn.

With unprecedented access to the entire New York-Presbyterian hospital system, Brenner provides a thrilling and heartbreaking portrait of medicine under extreme pressure, capturing the resilience, peril, and compassion of those who risked everything to protect their city and its people.

Drawing on over 200 interviews, Brenner takes readers inside secure ICU units, sealed operating rooms, locked executive suites, unknown basement workshops, and makeshift clinics, providing an extraordinary witness to the war as it was waged on the front line.

This is more than just a medical thriller - it's an inspiring tribute to the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Don't miss out on this powerful and moving account of one of the most critical moments in recent history.