When the Dust Settles, Lucy Easthope
When the Dust Settles, Lucy Easthope
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When the Dust Settles
The gripping behind-the-scenes memoir from the UK's top disaster planner - A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Author: Lucy Easthope

Narrator: Lucy Easthope

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2022

Synopsis

The thrilling, edge-of-your-seat true story of a life lived on the frontline of the world's worst disasters.

When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's 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. Lucy's job is to pick up the pieces and get us ready for what comes next.

When the Dust Settles takes us behind the police tape to government briefing rooms and scenes of chaos, looking back at the many losses and loves of a remarkable life and career. It tells us how we can all build back after disaster.

AS FEATURED ON THE HIGH PERFORMANCE PODCAST AND FULL DISCLOSURE WITH JAMES O'BRIEN
'A marvellous book' - Rev Richard Coles
'Amazing book by an amazing woman' - James O'Brien
'Riveting' - Telegraph
'Enthralling' - Observer
'Gripping' - Sunday Times
'An antidote to despair' - Daily Mirror

About Lucy Easthope

Lucy Easthope is the UK's leading authority on recovering from disaster. She has been an advisor for nearly every major disaster of the past two decades, including the 2004 tsunami, 9/11, the Salisbury poisonings, Grenfell, the Covid-19 pandemic and most recently the war in Ukraine. She challenges others to think differently about what comes next after tragic events, and how to plan for future ones. Lucy grew up in Liverpool and has a degree in law, a PhD in medicine and a Masters in risk, crisis and disaster management. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham, a Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath and a Research Associate at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand.

Reviews

Goodreads review by T A Young on April 09, 2022

Exceptional read As a retired emergency planned and part of a well known resilience team as a Local Authority me mber, I can identify with Lucy's story and have had the privilege of attending courses run by her. This book is so well written and will open everyone's eyes to often overlooked emergency p......more

Goodreads review by Martin on January 16, 2023

Chapters were a bit repetitive. More details on the disasters would have spiced it up a bit.......more

Goodreads review by MRS C ARMSTRONG on April 05, 2022

Interesting and enlightening read I listened to one episode of this when it was book of the week on Radio 4 and knew I had to buy it. Having spent a career with the ambulance service, latterly as a Tactical Commander I was heavily involved in emergency planning, exercises and real life major events s......more

Goodreads review by Anschen on May 05, 2022

#whenthedustsettles – Lucy Easthope #hodderbooks #jonathanball ‘I’m always struck by how fine the line between catastrophe and the rest of the world can be.’ (2) The author, based in the UK, is a world leading authority on recovering from disasters. This intimate memoir does not only take the reader beh......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on March 21, 2023

Sometimes a book taps you on the shoulder and politely insists that you read it. And sometimes a book demands to be read, loudly, and with a megaphone.......more

Quotes

Never less than reassuringly humane... She shows and tells and, vitally, cares. Telegraph

An unlikely superhero... this gripping memoir is full of compassion. A remarkable insight into the decisions involved in disaster planning. Sunday Times

Easthope, whether she knows it or not, is that rare thing, a genuine philosopher thinking through what she is actually doing in the mitigation of human suffering. New Statesman

The disasters recalled here often read like short stories, each of them filled with high drama, surreal twists and mysteries to be solved. Guardian

'A remarkable account...This should be a dark and depressing read; that it isn't, that it is ultimately hopeful and uplifting, is down to the utter human decency that the author represents' Mail on Sunday

An essential, uplifting read, brimming with humanity, humility and humour. Sue Black

An entirely unique vision of the human experience Irish Times

Candid, unsettling and darkly funny Sunday Post

Poignant, funny, analytical and profoundly humane Perspective Magazine

Dauntless and forthright TLS

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