Natural Disaster – Lisa Owens

Paperback ‘Like Mrs Dalloway with Calpol . . . very, very funny’ THE TIMES ‘Hilarious, brilliant, utterly exhilarating’ MONICA ALI ‘Sharply observed and deeply relatable comedy’ GUARDIAN, 70 brilliant books for the summer ‘Funny, sad, tender and perfectly observed’ IRISH TIMES ‘Fantastic’ JESSIE BURTON ‘A joy’ STYLIST, BOOK OF THE MONTH ‘An extremely funny book that’s both perceptive and propulsive’ ADAM KAY For weeks, she has been saying it will be their special day. One last, perfect day with her children before she returns to work after maternity leave. What’s the worst that can happen?Unfolding across 24 hours, Natural Disaster is a novel about the absurd, frustrating, hilarious, precarious, bittersweet, sometimes astonishing challenge – literal, existential – of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a person for one single, entire day. ‘Funny, moving … A powerful addition to the literature of surviving procreation’ DIANA EVANS, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY