Natural Disaster

di Lisa Owens (Autore)

Virago, 2026

***Chosen as a best summer read by Grazia, Guardian, Daily Mail, Woman & Home, Good Housekeeping and Independent*** ***As featured on BBC Radio 4 Front Row*** 'Perfectly observed comedy ... almost every line is a zinger' DAILY MAIL, 27 best page turners for the summer 'A joy' STYLIST, BOOK OF THE MONTH 'I cannot recommend this strongly enough for your summer reading' AMOL RAJAN 'Deeply relatable comedy' GUARDIAN, 70 brilliant books for the summer 'I really loved this book' Viv Groskop, BBC Radio 4 Front Row 'Hilarious, brilliant, utterly exhilarating' MONICA ALI 'Like Mrs Dalloway with Calpol . . . very, very funny' THE 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. 'An extremely funny book that's both perceptive and propulsive' ADAM KAY 'Funny, sad, tender'IRISH TIMES 'Fantastic' JESSIE BURTON 'Funny, moving . . . A powerful addition to the literature of surviving procreation' DIANA EVANS, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY 'Funny and relatable, it captures the overwhelming, absurd and quietly extraordinary reality of motherhood' WOMAN & HOME 'Funny, sharp unputdownable' NINA STIBBE 'Hilarious . . . brilliantly sharp' RED MAGAZINE '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 . . .

• Autore: Lisa Owens
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Virago
• Formato: EPUB3 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9780349020228