{"product_id":"1-dead-in-attic-after-katrina-9781501125379","title":"1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new foreword by the author--Chris Rose's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling collection: \"A gripping book about life's challenges in post-Katrina New Orleans...packed with heart, honesty, and wit\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated as a local classic and heaped with national praise, \u003ci\u003e1 Dead in Attic\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant collection of columns by an award-winning \u003ci\u003eTimes-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e journalist chronicling the horrific damage and aftermath wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2006. \"Frank and compelling...vivid and invaluable\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), it is a roller coaster ride through a devastated American wasteland as it groans for rebirth. Full of the emotion, tragedy and even humor--which has made Chris Rose a favorite son and the voice of a lost city--these are the stories of the dead and the living, of survivors and believers, of destruction and recovery, and of hope and despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith photographs by British photojournalist Charlie Varley, \u003ci\u003e1 Dead in Attic\u003c\/i\u003e captures New Orleans caught between an old era and a new, New Orleans in its most desperate time, as it struggled out of floodwaters and willed itself back to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose, Chris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chris Rose is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Times-Picayune in New Orleans, \u003c\/i\u003e an essayist for \u003ci\u003eThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, \u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition. In 2006, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in recognition of his Katrina columns and was awarded a share in the \u003ci\u003eTimes-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e staff's Pulitzer for Public Service. Rose lives in New Orleans with his three children.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631300677906,"sku":"9781501125379","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78f7d303-1129-43d7-8eca-6390bf4dea12.jpg?v=1732768293","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1-dead-in-attic-after-katrina-9781501125379","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}