Roopa Farooki
Everything Is True
In early 2020, junior doctor Roopa Farooki lost her sister
to cancer. Weeks later, she was working 13-hour shifts as the Covid 19 pandemic
threatened to overwhelm the NHS. Each evening, exhausted and grieving, she
would return home to chronicle the impact of the virus on patients and staff as
it brought fear and death to hospital wards.
What was it like in our hospitals during those early days of the pandemic?
Roopa Farooki witnessed it first-hand. Now she comes to Wigtown to tell us the
truth behind her remarkable memoir and the government presentations and
newspaper headlines.
About the author
Roopa Farooki is a writer and junior doctor in the NHS. She is the author of six literary novels that have been translated into over a dozen languages. Her writing has been listed three times for the Women's Prize. In 2020 she was awarded the Junior Doctor Leadership Prize from her NHS Trust, for her work during the Covid pandemic. Adam Kay, Gavin Francis and Jo Brand are among the many who have praised Everything Is True.
Copies of Roopa Farooki's book Everything Is True are available here.