Do It With Thy Might

In turn bleak, tender and darkly funny, Clare Dempsey’s debut memoir takes us inside the Intensive Care Unit during the Covid outbreak.

As nurses are deployed from every corner of the hospital, she sharply captures the fragility of these desperate few months: the quirks of her patients; the chaos on the wards; her waning sanity; and the glimmers of light that occasionally strike through the darkest of times.