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Quarantine!

How I Survived the Diamond Princess Coronavirus Crisis

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Quarantine!

By: Gay Courter
Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
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A passengers story of fighting for her and everyone else's rescue from the cruise ship with the first major outbreak of COVID-19 outside China.

What happens when you find yourself at the epicenter of a global crisis over a contagious new virus? Best-selling writer Gay Courter and her filmmaker husband learned the answer to that question in early February 2020, just as they were about to disembark from the Diamond Princess in Tokyo after a dazzling two-week southeast Asian cruise.

Weeks before lockdowns and social distancing became the new normal, the Courters and their shipmates suddenly found themselves trapped in a posh penitentiary courtesy of the Japanese Ministry of Health.

Confined to their cabin and its balcony, they watched in terror as more and more sick and contagious passengers were loaded into ambulances and the worlds press swarmed the port.

Rather than passively endure their nightmare-come-true, they launched a campaign to get themselves and everyone else off the ship. With the help of the global media and some well-placed connections, they managed to influence high-ranking U.S. government officials right up to and including the White House to bring everyone home to safety.

Quarantine! is the insiders book on the Diamond Princess episode, a suspenseful real-life drama recounting Gay and Phil's 12-day ordeal aboard ship, their tenacious efforts to get the U.S. government to repatriate them and other Americans, and their additional fifteen-day quarantine under federal order behind chain-link fencing at the pointedly less-than-posh Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

The COVID-19 crisis has affected the entire world. In her inimitable, long-admired voice, Gay Courter tells how it feels to wonder if you will be the next victim. For updates on Phil Courters documentary, Quarantine! How We Survived the Diamond Princess Coronavirus Crisis, visit quarantinediamondprincess.com

©2020 Gay Courter (P)2020 Recorded Books, Inc.
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I didn’t care for the voice of the reader. Also, some parts were a little too long drawn out and were based on her character. It would have been interesting to hear more of how other passengers were reacting and responding.

Interesting story of how things developed at beginning of Covid Pandemic

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