Natural Disaster

di Lisa Owens (Autore)

Katherine Parkinson (Narratore)

Little, Brown Book Group, 2026

Narrated by BAFTA award-winning actor and writer, Katherine Parkinson - currently starring in comedy-drama Rivals (previously Here We Go, Humans, The IT Crowd) '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 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. 'Fantastic' JESSIE BURTON 'Hilarious ... brilliantly sharp' RED MAGAZINE 'A joy' STYLIST, BOOK OF THE MONTH 'An extremely funny book that's both perceptive and propulsive' ADAM KAY 'Funny, sharp unputdownable' NINA STIBBE 'Both sobering and celebratory, this novel is a powerful addition to the literature of surviving procreation' DIANA EVANS, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY 'I did not give Lisa Owens permission to look inside my very soul but she seems to have done it anyway. Smart, wise and real' CLAIRE LYNCH 'Captures the absurdity, tenderness and frazzle of modern motherhood with acute, painfully recognisable humour' iPaper, Best Books for June 'I absolutely loved it' LUCY DIAMOND 'Spiky wit and unsentimental pathos ... I laughed out loud' DAILY MAIL 'Compulsive, agonising, and hilarious' CHRIS POWER 'The funniest novel I've read in years' CLAIRE POWELL 'Brilliant, hilarious, gut-punchingly truth-telling' EMILY ITAMI 'Thunderously good' NATHAN FILER 'A genuinely dazzling novel' DAVID WHITEHOUSE 'This is the book I've been waiting for ever since I had children.

• Autore: Lisa Owens
• Narratore: Katherine Parkinson
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 05:15:18
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781405565387