The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays

The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays - Paperback

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The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays - Paperback

The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays - Paperback

by Meghan Daum
$18.95
$18.95

Book Overview

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Unspeakable and The Problem with Everything comes a new collection of unputdownable essays.

"For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 p.m., I've been overcome with the sensation that my life is effectively over. Note the personal touch here. This is not a sensation of the world ending, which has been in vogue for quite some time now, and maybe for good reason. It's a distinct feeling of being at the end of my days. My time, while technically not 'up, ' is disappearing in the rearview mirror. The fact that this feeling of ambient doom tends to coincide with the blue-tinged, pre-gloaming light of the late afternoon lends to the whole thing a cosmic beauty, as devastating as it is awe-inspiring. As such, I've dubbed this the catastrophe hour."

Written between 2016 and 2023, these essays are classic Daum, showcasing the author's wit, her intellect, and her uncanny ability to throw new light on even the most ubiquitous of subjects. Delving into divorce, dating, music, friendship, beauty, aging, death and money, Daum's unflinching honesty and exacting observations secure her reputation as one of our most important and enduring essayists.
ISBN9781912559688
Author Meghan Daum
PublisherNotting Hill Editions
GenreBiography, News & politics, and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages200
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum is the author of the essay collection The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion. She is also the editor of the anthology Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. Her other books include the essay collection My Misspent Youth, the novel The Quality of Life Report, and Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House, a memoir. Since 2005, Meghan has been an opinion columnist for The Los Angeles Times, writing on political, cultural, and social affairs. She has contributed to public radio's Morning Edition, Marketplace, and This American Life, and has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles.

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