PLUSH FRIENDS: Reflections in the time of COVID-19

By Emilia Kate Zados

Plush Friends is a playful and heartfelt reflection of the suburban bear hunt in Melbourne during the COVID-19 pandemic isolation period. The author has selected a handful of 'plush friends' from her local neighbourhoods and reached out to their 'owners' to gain an insight into how we have embraced our 'softer side' during adversity.

This cute compilation is not will not only make you smile as you flick through the pages of plush toys, their candid faces staring back at you, but will remind you what is truly important in life and that a sense of community and lightness during difficult times can have a magnificent impact.

By Purchasing this book, you are contributing to the 'Save The Children Foundation COVID-19 Crisis Appeal' for children affected by the pandemic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tablo Publishing
• Release date: Jun 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781922439956

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Dedication

We all had that one plush toy that is forever in our hearts.

This book is dedicated to my big brother Henry, who at 38 Passed from a Malignant Brain Tumor holding his childhood toy Scally the Mouse.

By purchasing this book, you are contributing to the Save The Children Foundation COVID-19 Crisis Appeal to assist in providing children in need with basic hygiene kits. 

Preface

The COVID-19 Pandemic that hit the world in 2019/2020 will be remembered as a catastrophic event that changed the world as we know it. As I publish this book, I am all to aware that a second, more deadly wave of this virus could face us at any moment, and that the real impact of this deadly virus on human lives and the economy is yet to be known and likely immeasurable. 

The way we each experience life will continue to shift as we cautiously attempt to find our feet - a new normal. With our memories scarred by images from media outlets across the world, we, as Australian's can acknowledge that we have been truly lucky. While unemployment and loneliness hit us hard throughout