Erik's review
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
by Chris Rose
Erik's review
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose
Erik's review
rating:
In the United States, there exists only 3 cities whose inhabitants actually love the cities in which they inhabit. They are: San Francisco, New Orleans and New York. If you have not lived in any of these, you probably aren't aware of the palpable affection and pride we have for these fabled places. We know our neighbors. We know the history of buildings and events that have been handed down through oral history.
So, when Katrina hit New Orleans and eviscerated it and then flooded it, it not only damaged the physical infrastructure, buildings and history attached to them, it also did the same thing to the psyche of it's denizens. Chris Rose chronicled this collective pain and makes it painfully hard to read without feeling some level of empathy with every Katrina survivor. If you want a first hand look at what an epic, natural disaster does to a city, this is it. It's gritty and shocking. Should you choose to read it, prepare to gasp aloud at least a dozen times.
So, when Katrina hit New Orleans and eviscerated it and then flooded it, it not only damaged the physical infrastructure, buildings and history attached to them, it also did the same thing to the psyche of it's denizens. Chris Rose chronicled this collective pain and makes it painfully hard to read without feeling some level of empathy with every Katrina survivor. If you want a first hand look at what an epic, natural disaster does to a city, this is it. It's gritty and shocking. Should you choose to read it, prepare to gasp aloud at least a dozen times.
