Dive into the story behind "March Reigns" with author Mirabai Bekowies

Author: Mirabai Bekowies
Book Link: March Rains on Amazon
Author Website: mirabaibekowies.com
March Rains is a poignant and captivating novel that captures the emotional, psychological, and physical toll of the Covid-19 pandemic through the eyes of Grace, an intensive care unit nurse on the frontlines.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mirabai Bekowies was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.

March Rains is her debut novel, the first of a trilogy chronicling life in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Her work brings a fresh voice, tackling culturally relevant and deeply universal human experiences that captivate readers and have helped many process the impact of the pandemic on their lives. ​

Mirabai is inspired by the complexity, fragility, and strength of the human condition. She connects with her readers through beautiful imagery, nuanced and suspenseful plots, and attention to a depth of character development that skillfully creates internal and external worlds as realistic as our own to capture the truth of the human condition. ​

Mirabai is motivated to write stories that are culturally relevant and lead with a strong emphasis on historicity, as she feels the obligation to shed light on life during the Covid-19 pandemic, which had a worldwide impact and will be processed for generations as a defining time in modern history.

Set in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early days of the pandemic, the story immerses readers in the uncertainty and chaos that healthcare workers, patients, families, and society at large faced during the emergence of the global health crisis.