In this picture book, a little girl tells of her mother's reactions to the Big Nasty Disaster, as well as her own experience of it.

A little girl tells of her mother's reactions to the Big Nasty Disaster, as well as her own experience of its upheavals. Little by little, the Big Nasty Disaster sticks everything her family used to enjoy about their home and their lives into a big bag. Then Hope appears. Cared for by the girl and her mother, this fragile little being grows stronger and drives the Big Nasty Disaster away. Afterwards, the disorder it caused gradually fades away... without completely ever disappearing.