https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/02/as-i-mourn-my-mother-the-pandemic-rolls-on-is-the-whole-world-like-me-frozen-in-grief

James Bradley, an Australian novelist and critic, at home in Marrickville, Sydney.

I try to make sense of her sudden absence but every hour, every minute, brings some new and usually terrifying development

• This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020

by James Bradley