Her tone was perfect, she was unafraid to be "naughty", but she was firm in her convictions she really knows her stuff.

She highlights good practice but also shines a light on the times when confusion and sometimes incompetence come to play. Her male driver, and a highly placed male policemen clearly are her confidants and supporters yet they never recognised as such great 'male' colleagues. For the last couple of decades Professor Easthope has tackled the fallout from almost every major disaster you can bring to mind: 9/11, the 2004 tsunami, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Grenfell and, of course, the pandemic (“the most diligently planned-for risk in British history” despite what the UK government might have you believe). As Easthope chronicles her own journey, we start to witness how the British government has gradually changed in its approach.Easthope is excellent on these small yet significant details, which provide an insider’s perspective on situations that most of us will only ever experience via news reports. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. I loved that alongside the narrative were the family events and the angst and suffering that the family experienced over time.

When the Dust Settles Stories of love, loss and hope from an expert in disaster was published by Hodder and Stoughton in April 2022. However, she also said it was a very good read though she won't be rushing back to dive into the covers again. Her work includes disaster victim identification, planning disaster response, management of personal effects and positioning affected communities for recovery. The author is clearly most passionate about the finer details of her work, that being the areas which may be forgotten about amongst the immediate chaos.Lucy is one of those rare individuals that sees value in all experiences and seeks to teach us that perfection and imperfection are woven together. Telling her own personal story, Lucy looks back at a life spent on the edges of disaster, from a Liverpudlian childhood steeped in the Hillsborough tragedy to the many losses and loves of her career. When humanity is taken apart, it is Easthope and her colleagues who step in with care and compassion. Easthope makes it incredibly accessible by dropping in her own life story and the various disasters that have affected her family.