Lucy Easthope & Gavin Francis: Coming Back to Ourselves After Disaster
What does recovery mean, when a person has been through something they never could have prepared for? When the Dust Settles is crisis management expert Lucy Easthope’s memoir of existing in the aftermath of disaster. In Recovery, GP and author Gavin Francis takes on the topic of enforced rest, and how we regain our health. In this event, chaired by Roxani Krystalli, two writers working on the front lines examine how we can heal from disastrous occurrences.
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