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Come What May

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The inspirational new book from the bestselling author of When the Dust Settles

'A shining beacon of sense and wisdom. We can all benefit from reading this brilliant book about how to respond with resilience.' RACHEL CLARKE
'An unlikely superhero' SUNDAY TIMES
'An amazing woman' JAMES O'BRIEN

We all experience uncertainty, change and loss. How can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next?

No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy. In Come What May, she distils for us what she has learned about how to carry on and come back stronger.

Through poignant stories and hard-won wisdom, she offers a roadmap for resilience in the face of adversity. She explains what shape the recovery journey might take, how to triage your life, how to plan for 'the slump' (also known as the lasagne phase), and what good (and bad) help looks like.

This is a book for all of us who want not just to survive, but to live and unleash strengths we never knew we had.

Critics Review

We all NEED this book! An essential guide to navigating the disasters each of us will have to face, written with the brilliant wisdom of a leading expert with the insightful compassion of a survivor.
Gaia Vince
Lucy Easthope is a shining beacon of sense and wisdom. None of us can avoid life-changing upheavals - but we can all benefit from reading this brilliant book about how to respond with resilience. Fascinating and empowering.
RACHEL CLARKE
Author Lucy Easthope
Narrator Lucy Easthope
Duration 7 hours and 41 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781399736237
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Behavioural economics, Geography, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Social impact of disasters
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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