Disaster Preparedness

When Heather Havrilesky was a kid, it seemed there were only disaster movies. Burning towers, devouring earthquakes, alien pod invasions. To be prepared, she and her siblings fabricated elaborate plans to escape any emergency. What began as a childhood game grew into a way of life, where something shocking lurked around every corner. Brave and hilarious, Disaster Preparedness charts how the most painful moments in Havrileskys life prepared her for a cautious, honest adulthood. From her parents divorce, to losing her virginity, to losing her father too soon, Havrilesky peels back the layers of her childhood innocence and reveals the wounds that have shaped her, the lessons that have sunk in, and the laughter that has carried her through. Wise and sophisticated, this is a field guide to personal disasters from an irresistable voice that gets to the heart of it all.