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That is a stunningly perceptive, amusing memoir of the transformative humiliation of child years - and adulthood - from a truly original, already much loved speech.When Heather Havrilesky was a kid in the seventies, it appeared there have been only disaster films. Burning towers, devouring earthquakes, careening airliners, alien pod invasions. To prepare yourself, she and her siblings fabricated complex plans to escape any and every emergency. But what began simply as a child years game grew into a way of life where something stunning lurked around every area. A brave and amusing memoir, Disaster Preparedness charts the way the most painful moments in Havrilesky's life ready her for a cautious but genuine adulthood. From her naïve take on her parents' D-I-V-O-R-C-E, to dropping her virginity in under ideal circumstances, to dropping her father way before she was ready, in chapter after chapter Havrilesky peels again the tiers of her child years innocence and shows the wounds which have formed her, the lessons which have - despite her thickheadedness - managed to sink in, and the laughter that has taken her through. By laying bare her bumps and bruises, Havrilesky offers trust that anyone can create a frazzled and unruly, desperate and wistful, fabulously frayed-at-the-edges plan to stare catastrophe in the face, to meet it head-on. Uproarious, sophisticated, and sensible, Disaster Preparedness is a field guide to personal disasters from an amazing voice that reaches the center of everything.
