Natural Disaster ritual wellnessOne perfect day. A million catastrophes. Unfolding across 24 hours, this is a propulsive, funny and sharply observed novel about the absurd, frustrating, hilarious, precarious, bittersweet, sometimes astonishing challengeliteral, existentialof being a woman, a mother, a wife, a person for one single, entire day. For weeks she has been saying it will be their special day. One last, perfect day with her children before she returns to work after
in the clubs
which looks a little more like today’s America
" —Susan Mallery
Despite their humble origins
A wounded vet
and backyard barbecues in his tastefully decorated suburban house
To protect a fragile peace
she is both a daughter of land and sea
"Time-stamped chapters add urgency
Moehringer] has found an historical subject equal to his vivid imagination
to empowering neighborhoods
each experienced moments when the country's existence was directly imperiled
