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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
written by Chris Rose
Studio : Simon & Schuster
by Simon & Schuster
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Released : 2007-08-21
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781416552987
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 28 reviews)
List Price : $15.00
Our Price : $3.24
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Dead in Attic is a collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, recounting the first harrowing year and a half of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Celebrated as a local treasure and heaped with national praise, Rose provides a rollercoaster ride of observation, commentary, emotion, tragedy, and even humor -- in a way that only he could find in a devastated wasteland. They are stories of the dead and the living, stories of survivors and believers, stories of hope and despair. And stories about refrigerators. Dead in Attic freeze-frames New Orleans, caught between an old era and a new, during its most desperate time, as it struggles out of the floodwaters and wills itself back to life. |
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Interesting Book - A New Orleans Area Resident Would Enjoy It More |
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I've read Rose's column in the Times-Picayune. I liked the book because he told his story from his perspective, not someone try to tell the story of Katrina and reverting back to himself. The book is like a diary. The flow could be improved. |
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Feeling the Pain |
Rose, Chris. "1 Dead in the Attic", CR Books, 2006.
Feeling the Pain
Amos Lassen
I am very surprised that more books were not published about Hurricane Katrina given the literary heritage of New Orleans. There have been a few but there have not been many personal accounts. Chris Rose, a newspaper correspondent in New Orleans, put some of his newspaper columns together and gives a picture of what New Orleans was like after the storm. Reading it is painful and shocking and shows how much that we as Americans take for granted. (Believe me, I know. I was stranded in New Orleans for a little more than a week after Katrina hit).
He writes of what was once my city and the journey many of us took--from living comfortably to roaming around looking for somewhere to live. He brilliantly describes what day-to-day life was like for the citizens of New Orleans after the storm. I am sure many of you have never known what it is like to have to depend upon the kindness of others or to live on a cot in a convention center in a strange place with over 200 roommates who you do not know.
Rose gives us the anger and frustration and the sadness and the joy that we experienced and the beautiful way we were treated by people we did not know,
This is the book to read about Katrina because it is so honest and so well written. Rose accurately describes the sights and sounds of New Orleans and how it feels to see a city almost disappear. I cried and I laughed as I read.
This book is not about the levees that failed or the building that were destroyed or the ineffectiveness of the state and federal government. It is about the people who had to deal with losses which are beyond human comprehension, about loneliness and heartbreak and despair and above all, fear. But it also is compassionate and hopeful and has wicked humor. |
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Katrina aftermath |
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An excellent book - at times funny, always thought-provoking. It provides a deeper understanding of the issues that face everyone in the New Orleans area post-Katrina, whether they evacuated or not, whether they lost everything or not. While not organized chronologically, it does show the progression of what survivors deal with emotionally while surrounded by devastation. This gave me a much better understanding of what my family members continue to have to endure while trying to rebuild. |
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Heart Rendering Account of Post Katrina |
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose. The title is taken from writing on a flood destroyed house, indicating yet another victim of the Hurricane Katrina New Orleans tragedy .
This book, written by an award-winning Times Picayune columnist, contains one-chapter short stories that are simply incredible.
Rather than outline what lead to Katrina, he focuses on the aftermath of the hurricane. His heart rendering account of a year and a half after is so well written that at times I laughed and others I cried. His pithy, heart breaking and poignant tales of the people who are the soul of New Orleans will haunt me for a long time. I laughed at the tale of refrigerator wars; I cried for a city trying to re-claim itself.
After reading this I feel as though I've walked the streets of New Orleans, gleaned some knowledge of what makes the city tick -- the good (those stubborn hold outs who want to rebuild and renew) , the bad (the local politicians, the Army Core of Engineers and the ineffective mayor) and the ugly (very nasty culture that loots, robs, rapes and waits for handouts and blames all others.) |
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Accurate, Amusing, and Well Written |
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Nearly three years after the tragic events surrounding Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, I am still amazed that something like this could occur in America, professed leader of the free world. We, I hate to say it, actually I don't hate to say it because it needs to be said...America, we failed the people of the Gulf Coast and we continue to fail them. FEMA trailers dotting fields as far as the eye can see, but completely unoccupied by those who need to occupy them...FEMA trailers that are occupied, filled with noxious chemicals that will more than likely cause the inhabitants irreversable physical damage, on top of the mental damage that has already been done. We all should be ashamed of this adminstration's lack of humanity and decency. Imagine flooding again, but in the Midwest this time, and STILL nothing is being done?! Have we not learned from our mistakes? Contrary to popular belief, by those who shall remain nameless, you DID NOT DO "a helluva of a job, Brownie!" I gave a helping hand and went to Louisiana after the storm, just like many other people did and it changed me forever. Chris Rose's book is so wonderful and gives such an accurate depiction of what was going on day-to-day. It is written in a manner that makes you feel what he and the other people around him were experiencing at the time. There is no sugar coating, there is no dressing it up. It is what it is and was what it still remains. I could not put the book down and it made my flight to South Africa, all 19 hours of it, much more enjoyable and managable. I love New Orleans and the people of the Gulf Coast and hope that no one ever forgets what has happened and what continues to go unrepaired. |
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