When the Dust Settles: The gripping behind-the-scenes memoir from the UK's top disaster planner - A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Autor Lucy Easthopeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2022
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
A TELEGRAPH AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Gripping... filled with compassion." Sunday Times
"An antidote to despair" Daily Mirror
"Enthralling" Observer
"Exemplary" New Statesman
When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's phone starts to ring.
Lucy is a world-leading authority on recovering from disaster. She holds governments to account, supports survivors and helps communities to rebuild. She has been at the centre of the most seismic events of the last few decades, advising on everything from the 2004 tsunami and the 7/7 bombings to the Grenfell fire and the war in Ukraine. Lucy's job is to pick up the pieces and get us ready for what comes next.
Lucy takes us behind the police tape to scenes of chaos, and into government briefing rooms where confusion can reign. She also looks back at the many losses and loves of her life and career, and tells us how we can all build back after disaster.
When the Dust Settles lifts us up, showing that humanity, hope and humour can - and must - be found on the darkest days.
"Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting." Mail on Sunday
"A marvellous book" Rev Richard Coles
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781529358254
ISBN-10: 1529358256
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder & Stoughton
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1529358256
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder & Stoughton
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Never less than reassuringly humane... She shows and tells and, vitally, cares.
An unlikely superhero... this gripping memoir is full of compassion. A remarkable insight into the decisions involved in disaster planning.
Easthope, whether she knows it or not, is that rare thing, a genuine philosopher thinking through what she is actually doing in the mitigation of human suffering.
The disasters recalled here often read like short stories, each of them filled with high drama, surreal twists and mysteries to be solved.
'A remarkable account...This should be a dark and depressing read; that it isn't, that it is ultimately hopeful and uplifting, is down to the utter human decency that the author represents'
An essential, uplifting read, brimming with humanity, humility and humour.
An entirely unique vision of the human experience
Candid, unsettling and darkly funny
Poignant, funny, analytical and profoundly humane
Dauntless and forthright
Deeply humane, occasionally unsettling, and strangely uplifting
A book of horror and hope, written with rare humanity.
When the Dust Settles taught me is that all experiences are of value... Easthope shows us how perfection and imperfection are woven together. Everything is flawed. Yet there is also hope despite the flaws.
Her sensitive and profoundly moral book explores how human beings can preserve their resilience and live with loss.
Rewrites your perceptions of the disasters and wars of our lifetime with vivid details and vignettes... laced with humanity and decency. A literary memento which honours the messy truth of life.'
An inspiring memoir. Easthope advises, supports and helps to rebuild lives.
A riveting no-nonsense memoir that pulls back the curtains on your worst fears and shows you that someone, somewhere, will always truly care.
Outstanding... a graphic but deeply humane account of what drew her to take on such work, and how she steels herself to tackle the worst of human scenarios.
An unlikely superhero... this gripping memoir is full of compassion. A remarkable insight into the decisions involved in disaster planning.
Easthope, whether she knows it or not, is that rare thing, a genuine philosopher thinking through what she is actually doing in the mitigation of human suffering.
The disasters recalled here often read like short stories, each of them filled with high drama, surreal twists and mysteries to be solved.
'A remarkable account...This should be a dark and depressing read; that it isn't, that it is ultimately hopeful and uplifting, is down to the utter human decency that the author represents'
An essential, uplifting read, brimming with humanity, humility and humour.
An entirely unique vision of the human experience
Candid, unsettling and darkly funny
Poignant, funny, analytical and profoundly humane
Dauntless and forthright
Deeply humane, occasionally unsettling, and strangely uplifting
A book of horror and hope, written with rare humanity.
When the Dust Settles taught me is that all experiences are of value... Easthope shows us how perfection and imperfection are woven together. Everything is flawed. Yet there is also hope despite the flaws.
Her sensitive and profoundly moral book explores how human beings can preserve their resilience and live with loss.
Rewrites your perceptions of the disasters and wars of our lifetime with vivid details and vignettes... laced with humanity and decency. A literary memento which honours the messy truth of life.'
An inspiring memoir. Easthope advises, supports and helps to rebuild lives.
A riveting no-nonsense memoir that pulls back the curtains on your worst fears and shows you that someone, somewhere, will always truly care.
Outstanding... a graphic but deeply humane account of what drew her to take on such work, and how she steels herself to tackle the worst of human scenarios.
Notă biografică
Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK's leading authority on recovering from disaster. She has been an advisor on nearly every major disaster of the past two decades, including the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, 9/11, the 7/7 bombings, the Salisbury Poisonings, Grenfell and most recently has been advising the Prime Minister's Office on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lucy grew up in Liverpool and has a degree in law, a PhD in medicine and a Masters in risk, crisis and disaster management. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham and Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath.