The House on First Street - My New Orleans Story

Zusatztext "Wow! This is the most brilliant and delightful memoir to come out of post-Katrina New Orleans. With great literary panache and a throaty humor! Julia Reed captures the magical allure of the city! its food and its people...destined to be a classic." Informationen zum Autor Julia Reed grew up in Greenville, Mississippi. She is a contributing editor at Newsweek and is the author of the essay collection Queen of the Turtle Derby . She lives in New Orleans. Klappentext After fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck. The House on First Street is the chronicle of Reed's remarkable and often hilarious homecoming, as well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most original city. Zusammenfassung After fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule! Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in! Hurricane Katrina struck. The House on First Street is the chronicle of Reed's remarkable and often hilarious homecoming! as well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most original city.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Reed
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780061136658
• ISBN: 978-0-06-113665-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL: United States / South / General, TRAVEL: General, ARCHITECTURE: History / General, COOKING: Regional & Ethnic / American / Southern States, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), DESIGN: Essays, COOKING: Regional & Cultural / American / Southern States, DESIGN: Industrial