Natural Disaster: 'I loved it: funny, dark, pin-sharp, propulsive' (Nina Stibbe)
Lisa Owens
Jul 2026 · Little, Brown Book Group
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About this audiobook
'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
'I straight up loved it. The last time I was so taken by an author's ability to mine absolute gold from the smallest details of life it was when I read Lisa's last novel! She's amazing' NATHAN FILER
'Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever - a parenting caper with profound emotional clarity. I loved it' LIZZY STEWART, author of ALISON
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, 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.
'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
'I straight up loved it. The last time I was so taken by an author's ability to mine absolute gold from the smallest details of life it was when I read Lisa's last novel! She's amazing' NATHAN FILER
'Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever - a parenting caper with profound emotional clarity. I loved it' LIZZY STEWART, author of ALISON
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, 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.
About the author
Lisa Owens is a novelist and screenwriter. Her debut novel Not Working was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, and published to wide critical acclaim. Her short fiction has appeared in the Irish literary magazine The Stinging Fly. Lisa's first screenplay Days of the Bagnold Summer was nominated for a BIFA (Best Debut Screenwriter), and she currently has screen projects in development with Heyday Films and BBC Films.
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