THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAPH AND THE NEW STATESMAN
"A marvellous book" Rev Richard Coles
"Gripping... filled with compassion." Sunday Times
"Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting." Mail on Sunday
"An antidote to despair" Daily Mirror
"Enthralling... vivid and humane" 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 G