{"product_id":"the-well-is-deep-covid-through-a-chaplains-eyes-9781966655763","title":"The Well is Deep: COVID Through a Chaplain's Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when the helpers need help?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical care chaplain Hillary Kimsey was working in a downtown Seattle hospital when the first U.S. COVID-19 case appeared just miles away. For the next four years, she walked into rooms where families said goodbye over iPads, where nurses held back tears between codes, and where patients died without anyone who loved them by their side. By December 2020, she was diagnosed with PTSD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Well is Deep is a frontline memoir structured around the imagery of baptism-sinking, submersion, and surfacing. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, Kimsey tells the truth about what it cost to be the person in the room when no one else could be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk the hospital halls with her through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe eerie silence of empty ferries crossing the Puget Sound in the earliest days of lockdown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ordination as an Episcopal priest in a nearly empty cathedral, wearing hiking sandals under her vestments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Delta wave and the hardest day of her career\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe moment her therapist said, \"You can't self-care your way out of constant trauma\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti-vaccine protests outside the hospital while patients died inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe slow, sacred work of surfacing-leaving the hospital, finding a parish, and learning to live with what she carries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter ends with reflection questions for personal journaling or group discussion, making this not just a memoir but a tool for processing your own pandemic grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has carried the weight of caring for others. For anyone who lost someone to COVID and hasn't fully grieved. For anyone who suspects the pandemic changed them in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eways they haven't yet named. \u003cstrong\u003eThis book says: you are not alone, and your well is deeper than you know.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hillary Kimsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tehom Center Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966655763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimsey, Hillary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rev. Hillary B. Kimsey is a teacher, writer, Episcopal priest, and board-certified chaplain living across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Since interning as a hospital chaplain in 2013, her vocation has been supporting people during the important moments of life, including moments of grief, illness, and trauma. When she's not working, one might find Hillary reading yet another fantasy book series or enjoying the Pacific Northwest with her spouse and their beloved corgi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hillary Kimsey \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48397201932445,"sku":"9781966655763","price":31.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b07175a0-96d8-47f5-90c8-509851cc692e.jpg?v=1781075995","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-well-is-deep-covid-through-a-chaplains-eyes-9781966655763","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}