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Pick up a book about disaster and resilience to help through tough times
The Los Angeles fires have Here & Now's go-to book expert Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" thinking of books that tell stories of disasters, both natural and human-made. Thomas and host Peter O'Dowd share their picks.
Book recommendations:
- "Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire" by Lizzie Johnson
- "Wave: A Memoir" by Sonali Deraniyagala
- "Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital" by Sheri Fink
- "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001" by Garrett M Graff
- "Hiroshima" by John Hersey
- "Midnight at Chernobyl" by Adam Higginbotham
- "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
- "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster" by Jon Krakauer
- "The Yellow House: A Memoir" by Sarah M. Broome
- "Fire Weather" by John Vaillant
This segment aired on January 28, 2025.