Natural Disaster - by Lisa Owens (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

One perfect day. A million catastrophes.

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 propulsive, funny and sharply observed 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.

A high-octane Mrs. Dalloway for our hectic times, Natural Disaster is "a thunderously good novel--the kind that makes you rock with laughter, shed a genuine tear, and immediately think of which friends you're going to lend it to first." (Nathan Filer, author of The Shock of the Fall)

Review Quotes

"A forensic, agonizingly relatable account of the highs and lows and in-betweens of one whole ordinary day in a life with two small children. Funny, dark, absurd, pin-sharp, insightful, propulsive, unputdownable."--Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina

"A thunderously good novel--the kind that makes you rock with laughter, shed a genuine tear, and immediately think of which friends you're going to lend it to first."--Nathan Filer, author of The Shock of the Fall

"Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever--a parenting caper with profound emotional clarity. I loved it."--Lizzy Stewart, author of Alison

"Utterly exhilarating--every page blazes with truth, hilarity, perception, and love. It's destined to become a classic."--Jessica Stanley, author of Consider Yourself Kissed

About the Author

Lisa Owens is a novelist and screenwriter. She was born in England to Irish parents, and grew up in Scotland and Hertfordshire. Her debut novel, Not Working, was published in 2016. She lives in London with her family.