false 5501146 2 <p>Originating in a heralded series of <i>New Yorker </i>articles, <i>Nine Lives </i>tells the story of New Orleans through the lives of nine characters over forty years, bracketed by two epic hurricanes. It brings back to life the doomed city, its wondrous subcultures, and the rich and colorful lives that played themselves out within its borders. <br> <br>The nine lives Baum portrays are windows into every strata of one of the most complex and fascinating cities in the world. From outsider artists and Mardi Gras Kings to jazz-playing coroners and transsexual barkeeps, these lives are possible only in New Orleans, but the city that nurtures them is also, from the beginning, a city haunted by the possibility of disaster. Their interwoven stories so tightly wrap readers into the fascinating dramas that define their lives that when the disaster that’s been stalking them arrives, it’s a shock. All their stories converge in the storm, with some characters rising to acts of heroism and others, literally, sinking to the bottom. <br><br>By<i> </i>resurrecting the beautiful and tragic city and portraying the extraordinary lives that could have taken root only there, <i>Nine Lives </i>shows us what was lost in the storm.</p> 5578219 17 2 2009 Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans total:206|5:13|4:7|3:5|2:0|1:1| 206 860 552 71 5 1 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:14:12 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:15:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 07:58:27 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 08:10:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 12:44:19 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:44:19 -0700 2009 Since 2005, Hurricane Katrina and its immediate effects on New Orleans have been documented in numerous books, such as Breach of Faith, ***1/2 Nov/Dec 2006, and The Great Deluge, ***1/2 Nov/Dec 2006. What Dan Baum accomplishes in Nine Lives, though, is more than a time line of events. Critics unanim...

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Nine Lives is a non-fiction book about nine different people in New Orleans, spanning 40+ years. The two major events that bracket this time frame are Hurricane Betsey and Hurrica...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 30 14:37:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 13:33:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:24:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 22:18:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 17:18:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:21:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:22:25 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 20:25:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 12:46:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:06:44 -0700 2009
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