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BUY THIS NOW
This is one of the most touching, heart breaking and inspiring books I've read in a long time. I suggest it for anyone with the slightest amount of curiosity about what happened during Hurricane Katrina. Please read.
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Chris Rose touches your heart with this book
Chris lets you into the world of New Orleans after Katrina. His humor, compassion and love of his city make you realize that we must support and rebuild this wonderful city. Each chapter tells a different story and at the end of the book you are wanting more.
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Anonymous
Posted May 5, 2008
Laugh and Cry
This book is a very accurate thought process of what we were all thinking in the aftermath of Katrina. We didn't really know whether to laugh or cry at some situations. Didn't do any good to cry, so we just plugged along. Chris Rose gave a very humanistic view of our frail state at that time. At times I cried while reading his descriptions and sometimes I laughed out loud or grinned and those around me understood why when I read it outloud to them. I sincerely enjoyed this book!
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Anonymous
Posted April 7, 2008
At times as powerful as Katrina herself...
This collection of columns by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose chronicles with heartbreaking detail the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans and on Rose himself. As with all anthologies, the entries are uneven in both tone and quality. Some will elict a chuckle, some a shrug and too many will leave you with tears welling up in your eyes. But on balance this book eloquently captures the lingering delicate balance that exists in post-Katrina New Orleans between hope and despair. The introduction written by Rose is important as it briefly touches on the toll the storm and the job of covering this story took on him and his family. I imagine that his personal troubles are like many thousands of others. It is a potent and compelling book that I would strongly recommend to everyone especially people travelling to New Orleans.
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Anonymous
Posted February 10, 2008
The only book on Katrina Id tell a friend to read.
Only a person who lives in New Olreans and loves New Orleans could write a book like this. If you really wanna know what it was (and is) like there after 'it', read this book!
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Anonymous
Posted February 12, 2008
A reviewer
This book is an accurate description of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If anyone wants an idea of what New Orleans and the surrounding area was like this is it. Chris Rose has done an excellent job at describing the tragedy we endured and are still enduring yet he does it with class. He just tells things as he seen/witnessed/experienced it. This description is accurate without being grotesque, although he could have been. Anyone from New Orleans should read this, this is about our city, our history, our lives. I cry and laugh at this truly amazing book.
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Anonymous
Posted January 6, 2008
A reviewer
I read this book in 2 days. It is the best post-Katrina book I've seen so far. It's a chronicle of the days and months after the storm that only a local could really put into words. It was both sad and laugh out loud funny at times. It's a must read for anyone who wants to get a glimpse of how the people from New Orleans really feel about their devestated hometown and why we stay.
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Anonymous
Posted October 22, 2007
A Local Voice Given to a Local Disaster A++++
If you love New Orleans, this is the book to read!On my first visit back to NOLA after Katrina, I was told by a local that this was the definitive voice of how New Orleanians have felt after Katrina, so I made it a point to read this book as soon as I returned. I am so glad I did. Everyone who loves New Orleans - and even those who do not - should read this book instead of listening to those who think THEY know New Orleans (politicians, FEMA, etc...). Thank you, Chris Rose. REBUILD NEW ORLEANS!
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Anonymous
Posted November 8, 2007
Poignant and Astonishingly Funny
Can't praise this book enough, it chronicles real life in New Orleans from the day after the storm. This book was assigned to incoming freshman at Tulane University this fall, and it certainly surprised many with it's personal eye-witness account of a great city under extreme conditions. Very well written, insightful, powerful while at the same time striking the perfect chord between pathos and giddy insanity that is New Orleans - - - full of the charm and characters the flood couldn't scour away - - - like he said, you can't make this stuff up. Most helpful is the author's clear discription of where and why the system failed America's greatest city and why the rest of us should care. Also explores the issue of coping with depression when everyone else you see is suffering from the same. This is a treasure of a book and I plan on giving it to all my friends for Christmas. It's just incredible.
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Anonymous
Posted September 5, 2007
THE best book to read about H. Katrina
You won't learn how little storms off the coast of Africa become overblown hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, or the effect the Bermuda Low has on the late summer weather of south Louisiana. But you will experience life in New Orleans post-K despite inept governments at all levels and the recently (about 2 yrs.) completed federal levee 'protection' system in the city.
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Anonymous
Posted September 3, 2006
poignant and accurate
It is difficult for me to discuss the events in and surrounding this book. That is why i am so glad Chris Rose is around to tell the world how I feel. If you love New Orleans... if you love the juxtaposition between seemingly unrelated objects, if you love to see the beauty in the mundane, if you look around you and want to laugh and cry at the tragic beauty of the world... you will love this book.
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Anonymous
Posted August 26, 2006
Now I remember why I'm still here....
I was doubting why we still live here... After reading this book I remember why my family still does. Those who continually ask us 'why' either you have never visited New Orleans or you are used to quitting.... Proud to be home...
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Anonymous
Posted August 29, 2006
Couldn't put this one down.
I picked this one up at the airport in New Orleans. After coming back to visit the area a year later and seeing everything that still needs to be done. You can still see some of these images that Chris Rose describes in this book. For those of us not living there then or now it really gives you a perspective of just how dire things really were.
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Anonymous
Posted May 28, 2006
GOTTA READ IT
I couldn't put this book down. I cried over this whole mess all over again. I laughed until I cried as well. This book perfectly represents the heart of this city. Go Saints!
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Anonymous
Posted May 2, 2006
Great Writing that Captures NOLA's True Spirit
I purchased this book in Metarie when I was down in NOLA cooking for volunteers. It really captures the essence of the soul of New Orleans and puts very succinctly how everyone we met felt about their city, their government, and their neighbors. A must read for everyone with a heart!
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Anonymous
Posted June 26, 2006
Gary - A New Orleans Native
Mr. Rose truly tells the story of how things were here after 'The Thing'. He managed to pull more tears out of me, when I thought there were none left.
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Anonymous
Posted March 24, 2006
The Truth Brilliantly Told
For those who think it was just an interesting interlude on CNN, read this book. Understand this city. Care. We have to as a nation, because our government clearly does not. The scope of the damage is unimaginable. This book helps you to grasp the spirit of one of the most incredible cities in America. We have to protect her. We must not forget that she still needs our help.
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Anonymous
Posted March 21, 2006
Second only to an actual visit
I just got back from a mission trip rebuilding houses in Slidell and hearing the stories of friends in New Orleans. This book captures the experience and I have purchased one for every member of my mission team.
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Anonymous
Posted March 18, 2006
Great Book!
It has all the good qualities in a book..you can't put it down. It is really good therapy for New Orleanians!!
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Anonymous
Posted March 6, 2006
A Must Read
Accurate account of days and months following Hurricane Katrina and the devastation in New Orleans. Chris lives it and tells it like it is !!
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