1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

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  I had a trip to New Orleans planned so I decided to go to the library and get some history books. I saw 1 Dead In Attic and remembered seeing Chris Rose on No Reservations talking to Anthony Bourdain. He was a slight mess and pretty emotional about Katrina and the aftermath, even years later. I got the book anyways.

  This is basically a series of Rose's newspaper articles that he wrote, editorials pretty much. Very emotional, very raw and, sometimes, very upsetting. He left his wife and kid... (show more)

  I had a trip to New Orleans planned so I decided to go to the library and get some history books. I saw 1 Dead In Attic and remembered seeing Chris Rose on No Reservations talking to Anthony Bourdain. He was a slight mess and pretty emotional about Katrina and the aftermath, even years later. I got the book anyways.

  This is basically a series of Rose's newspaper articles that he wrote, editorials pretty much. Very emotional, very raw and, sometimes, very upsetting. He left his wife and kids with family in Maryland and went back to their New Orleans home to report on the aftermath of Katrina. His home was relatively undamaged but Rose completely immersed himself in the misery that other people were living. He described everyone there as living with post traumatic stress disorder and he couldn't have been more right.

  Rose completely opened himself up and became an "embedded journalist", as he called himself, and the war he saw took a huge toll on him, which is evident in his writing.

  This is truly a good book to read to try and understand what was happening down there that the news didn't report to you. Made me cry more than once. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on Aug 13, 2009 at 10:27PM

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  This book covers the aftermath of hurricane Katrina through to winter 2006, the first Christmas I lived in New Orleans. I strongly recommend this book; especially for those of you who have visited the city since and have never stepped away from Bourbon St. and the French Quarter. Whilst devastating at times this book contains the "if you don't laugh, you'll cry" philosophy common to so many after the storm.

  So many assumptions were made about the city from those who saw pictures... (show more)

  This book covers the aftermath of hurricane Katrina through to winter 2006, the first Christmas I lived in New Orleans. I strongly recommend this book; especially for those of you who have visited the city since and have never stepped away from Bourbon St. and the French Quarter. Whilst devastating at times this book contains the "if you don't laugh, you'll cry" philosophy common to so many after the storm.

  So many assumptions were made about the city from those who saw pictures of Bourbon St. during Mardis Gras and this book dissolves this facade created; remember, Bourbon St. is the prime destination of tourists, not locals. The deeply embedded culture and pride throughout the city remains throughout tragedy, exemplified by the rallying behind the first real sign of recovery; the first Saint's game in the Superdome. This was a truly uniting event for those in the city despite outsider's opinions of the race divide. If you don't understand it, and you believe this was a champion of the "rich white" then you are deeply mistaken, and you have never sat through a Saint's game in New Orleans (and I do not mean in the Superdome).

  Chris Rose and the stories of those from the city provide a small insight into what really happened. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on May 04, 2009 at 03:29PM

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