Epidemic

If you want to know what it was like for the people involved with the recent Ebola outbreak, this is the book for you. The author was already in Liberia when the first cases were diagnosed, and she volunteered to help in the Ebola clinic. She paints a picture of the Ebola ward and the people that worked there. As a long-term resident of Liberia, Nancy Sheppard understands and explains many of the practices and beliefs that made the epidemic difficult to stop. With the beautiful photographs included, this is an excellent book for those interested in the country and people of Liberia, the Ebola epidemic, or a study of "what happens when" a disaster happens.