THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAPH AND THE NEW STATESMAN A marvellous book Rev Richard Coles Gripping... filled with compassion. Sunday Times Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting. Mail on Sunday An antidote to despair Daily Mirror Enthralling... vivid and humane Observer Exemplary New Statesman When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthopes phone starts to ring. Lucy is a world-leading authority on recovering from disaster. She holds governments to account, supports survivors and helps communities to rebuild. She has been at the centre of the most seismic events of the last few decades, advising on everything from the 2004 tsunami and the 7/7 bombings to the Grenfell fire and the war in Ukraine. Lucys job is to pick up the pieces and get us ready for what comes next. Lucy takes us behind the police tape to scenes of chaos, and into government briefing rooms where confusion can reign. She