When the Dust Settles: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 'A marvellous book' -- Rev Richard Coles

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Her enthralling new book draws back the curtain on the crucial but largely hidden work of planning for emergencies, intervening when the worst happens – and then trying to bring communities back from the brink. He brings his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories, life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike--some of them famous, some told here for the first time ever. Lucy grew up in Liverpool and has a degree in law, a PhD in medicine and a Masters in risk, crisis and disaster management. Knowing that her life’s work has been inspired and driven by this tragedy is a testimony to her character. It is no secret that i have felt very disappointed with the response of the church during the pandemic.

When The Dust Settles, Lucy Easthope ( paperback March 23) ₩18,000 A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*'It does for disaster what Rachel Clarke's Dear Life has done for palliative medicine and Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt for obstetrics. The book also made me rethink my opinions on a lot of things, the final chapter on the covid pandemic gave me pause for thought and was again, all the more difficult to read about once you know that this was anticipated and planned for.I think what 'When the Dust Settles' taught me is that all experiences are of value, even major disasters of the sort that Easthope has experienced over her extraordinary career. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Lucy Easthope is a remarkable person and the story of her career in disaster recovery, intertwined with her personal memoir, is, in turn, horrifying, saddening and ultimately inspiring. As one of the world's leading experts on disaster she has been at the centre of the most seismic events of the last few decades - advising on everything from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami to the 7/7 bombings, the Salisbury poisonings, the Grenfell fire and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pandemics are one of the main disasters that are planned for, yet political choices have let to the UK being one of the countries with one of the poorest outcomes globally.When the Dust Settles lifts us up, showing that humanity, hope and humour can – and must – be found on the darkest days. With wisdom, resilience and candour, When the Dust Settles lifts us up by showing that humanity, hope and humour can - and must - be found on the darkest days. She has to fight against the increasingly common narrative of ‘if only we had thought about this before’, ‘we were not prepared for this’, or, ‘these things are unprecedent’ etc. By drawing back the curtain on her “largely hidden” profession, Easthope’s “enthralling” book points the way towards a more humane approach.

Pulling back the police tape when the unthinkable happens, this is a story of bringing hope in the darkest of times afterwards.I knew I would gorge on this book so I saved it for Easter break, knowing that the book would consume me. For the last couple of decades Professor Easthope has tackled the fallout from almost every major disaster you can bring to mind: 9/11, the 2004 tsunami, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Grenfell and, of course, the pandemic (“the most diligently planned-for risk in British history” despite what the UK government might have you believe). Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - when people's lives were at stake. Whilst online video tools such as Zoom and Teams can be great for connecting the housebound or those unable to attend for multiple reasons, many of us need in-person contact. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there.