The date is March 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic is sweeping the world, instigating lockdown in country upon country. Life has suddenly changed, personal freedom is a thing of the past, as friends and extended family are separated through social distancing. In a small house in 'the street of the hollow eyes' lives a family of four in an ordinary neighbourhood trying to get on in these times. Until the extraordinary happens when the father develops a fever...Described by one reviewer as "heart-rending" and another as "written with pathos and understanding of these unprecedented times", readers of any age get a unique insider's view of the trials, kindnesses and poignant dislocation of people caught up in this pandemic.
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