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    <body><![CDATA[This is Jason Wright's best-written book yet!  He employs excellent interweaving of the present and past to create a story that engages you and teaches you something as well.  The New Orleans portion of Hurricane Katrina is something I've struggled to understand better, and this book takes you THERE...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49166686">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would love to be able to give this book 2.5 stars.  It's about a man's quest to find his estranged father in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  A really quick read.  I felt like it was good up to about halfway.  Interesting to read about what New Orleans was like in the weeks righ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53951641">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was given this book as an incentive for joining a book club, and I settled in to read it today.  The author also wrote The Wednesday Letters and Christmas Jars, which I have not read yet but have been intrigued by.<br/><br/>This book drew me in although I felt it dragged in places.  At one point...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56782512">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Jason Wright is not a great literary writer and I think that at times he tries too hard to touch his readers. However, for the first time I really appreciated a first-hand look at post-Katrina New Orleans. I actually felt the horror of that disaster. Until now, I couldn't relate perhaps due to the o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47110137">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book mainly because of the title. I have a brother Charles who passed away a few years ago and of course there are things I wish I had told him before he was taken. I loved the setting in New Orleans and enjoyed a look at what New Orleans looks like post Katrina. I had been before Katrin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55585989">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing story of self discovery. Jason is adept at taking you through the Katrina tragedy with details that give a clear picture of the devastation left behind. <br/><br/>The story takes you down a journey between flashbacks of a young man's life. The hardships and the trials he is facing are rel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51624363">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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