Natural Disaster

Like Mrs Dalloway with Calpol . . . very, very funnyTHE TIMES
Hilarious, brilliant, utterly exhilarating MONICA ALI
Sharply observed and deeply relatable comedyGUARDIAN, 70 brilliant books for the summer
Funny, sad, tender and perfectly observedIRISH TIMES
FantasticJESSIE BURTON
A joySTYLIST, BOOK OF THE MONTH
An extremely funny book thats both perceptive and propulsiveADAM KAY

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. Whats the worst that can happen?

Unfolding across 24 hours, Natural Disaster is a 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.

Funny, moving ... A powerful addition to the literature of surviving procreationDIANA EVANS, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
Funny and relatable, it captures the overwhelming, absurd and quietly extraordinary reality of motherhoodWOMAN & HOME
Funny, sharp unputdownableNINA STIBBE
Hilarious ... brilliantly sharpRED MAGAZINE
I did not give Lisa Owens permission to look inside my very soul but she seems to have done it anyway. Smart, wise and realCLAIRE LYNCH
Captures the absurdity, tenderness and frazzle of modern motherhood with acute, painfully recognisable humouriPaper, Best Books for June
I absolutely loved itLUCY DIAMOND
Spiky wit and unsentimental pathos ... I laughed out loudDAILY MAIL
Compulsive, agonising, and hilariousCHRIS POWER
The funniest novel Ive read in yearsCLAIRE POWELL
Brilliant, hilarious, gut-punchingly truth-tellingEMILY ITAMI
Thunderously good NATHAN FILER
A genuinely dazzling novelDAVID WHITEHOUSE
This is the book Ive been waiting for ever since I had children. So propulsive I read it in a single sittingMARIANNE LEVY
Destined to become a classicJESSICA STANLEY
What a perfect depiction of early motherhood, womanhood, and loveOLIVIA POTTS
I absolutely adored it.EMMA HUGHES
Generous, funny, heartbreaking and cleverLIZZY STEWART