1 Dead in Attic : After Katrina (Paperback)

from dareone32988

Being familiar with his work with The Times Picayune, I can honestly say Chris Rose always manages to find the humor or glimmers of hope in some of the darkest subjects. "1 dead in attic" is no different. In his book, Rose chronicles actual events and happenings he observes first-hand in the afte...

from bettyjo

The story about the refrigerator war has stuck with me. People dropping off their Stinky frig at someone else's front yard for pick up is just a small piece of the pie with the recovery effort in New Orleans. What has happened in the New OrleansMississippi Gulf Coast area will not be fixed in my ...

from -Cee-

I confess. Initially, I felt terrible about all the destruction in New Orleans after Katrina. BUT - after several weeks of watching raw anger and inaction on the news, I lost my compassion. I wanted to shake them and say - so get a grip and start cleaning up! What a fool I was! I had no real idea...

from amaryann21

This book is only 364 pages, which I usually read in a day or two at most. This book took me three months. Rose is a journalist and this is a compilation of columns he wrote post-Katrina. It's raw. So raw that I had to be very careful how much I read, because it was too heavy sometimes. But it's ...

from varielle

Award winning Times Picayune columnist Chris Rose was literally embedded with his story, fleeing hurricane Katrina right before it hit. He sent his family to safety in Maryland while he continued to live, work and report on life in New Orleans in the months that followed. This is a compilation of...