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Karen White (narrator) and
Heather Havrilesky
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date
December 30, 2010
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Mp3 una
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781441769558
ISBN-10
1441769552
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.25 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is a stunningly perceptive, hilarious memoir of the transformative humiliation of childhood -- and adulthood -- from a truly original, already beloved voice.
When Heather Havrilesky was a kid in the seventies, it seemed there were only disaster movies. Burning towers, devouring earthquakes, careening airliners, alien pod invasions. To be prepared, she and her siblings fabricated elaborate plans to escape any and every emergency. But what began merely as a childhood game grew into a way of life where something shocking lurked around every corner.
A brave and hilarious memoir, Disaster Preparedness charts how the most painful moments in Havrilesky's life prepared her for a cautious but honest adulthood. From her naive take on her parents' D-I-V-O-R-C-E, to losing her virginity in less than ideal circumstances, to losing her father way before she was ready, in chapter after chapter Havrilesky peels back the layers of her childhood innocence and reveals the wounds that have shaped her, the lessons that have -- despite her thickheadedness -- managed to sink in, and the laughter that has carried her through.
By laying bare her bumps and bruises, Havrilesky offers hope that anyone can create a frazzled and unruly, desperate and wistful, fabulously frayed-at-the-edges plan to stare disaster in the face, to meet it head-on. Uproarious, sophisticated, and wise, Disaster Preparedness is a field guide to personal disasters from an irresistible voice that gets to the heart of it all.
When Heather Havrilesky was a kid in the seventies, it seemed there were only disaster movies. Burning towers, devouring earthquakes, careening airliners, alien pod invasions. To be prepared, she and her siblings fabricated elaborate plans to escape any and every emergency. But what began merely as a childhood game grew into a way of life where something shocking lurked around every corner.
A brave and hilarious memoir, Disaster Preparedness charts how the most painful moments in Havrilesky's life prepared her for a cautious but honest adulthood. From her naive take on her parents' D-I-V-O-R-C-E, to losing her virginity in less than ideal circumstances, to losing her father way before she was ready, in chapter after chapter Havrilesky peels back the layers of her childhood innocence and reveals the wounds that have shaped her, the lessons that have -- despite her thickheadedness -- managed to sink in, and the laughter that has carried her through.
By laying bare her bumps and bruises, Havrilesky offers hope that anyone can create a frazzled and unruly, desperate and wistful, fabulously frayed-at-the-edges plan to stare disaster in the face, to meet it head-on. Uproarious, sophisticated, and wise, Disaster Preparedness is a field guide to personal disasters from an irresistible voice that gets to the heart of it all.
Editions
CD/Spoken Word
With Karen White (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (February 22, 2011)
9781441769534 | details & prices | 6.75 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $76.00
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With Karen White (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 30, 2010)
9781441769558 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: This is a stunningly perceptive, hilarious memoir of the transformative humiliation of childhood -- and adulthood -- from a truly original, already beloved voice.
About: This is a stunningly perceptive, hilarious memoir of the transformative humiliation of childhood -- and adulthood -- from a truly original, already beloved voice.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 30, 2010)
9781441769527 | details & prices | List price $54.95
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