Everything Is Broken: A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma

A deeply reported account of life inside Burma in the months following the disastrous Cyclone Nargis and an analysis of the brutal totalitarian regime that clings to power in the devastated nation.

The Washington Post - Wendy Law-Yone

Everything Is Broken is Larkin's eyewitness account of the cyclone's chaotic aftermath, both in Rangoon and throughout the devastated delta. Larkin's writing is graceful, and the final third of the book describing her work with the survivors is all the more powerful for her unobtrusive style.

Emma Larkin is the pseudonym for an American who was born and raised in Asia and who studied the Burmese language at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She lives in Bangkok, Thailand, and has been visiting Burma for close to fifteen years. Her previous book, Finding George Orwell in Burma, was published by Penguin Press in 2005.