Little, Brown Book Group Natural Disaster : 'I Loved It: Funny, Dark, Pin-Sharp, Propulsive' (Nina Stibbe)

'I absolutely loved it . . . Funny, dark, absurd, pin-sharp, insightful, propulsive, unputdownable' NINA STIBBE'Utterly exhilarating - every page blazes with truth, hilarity, perception and love.Natural Disaster is destined to become a classic' JESSICA STANLEY, author of CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED'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'Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever - a parenting caper with profound emotional clarity.I loved it' LIZZY STEWART, author of ALISONOne 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, darkly 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.