Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (FIC WARD) – In this novel, four hardscrabble siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.Ĭity Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina by Jenni Bergal et al (976.33506 CITY) – Essays on the levees, the storm, housing and other issues. Words Upon the Waters: A Poetic Response to Hurricane Katrina by Bay Area Writers and Artists, edited by Karla Brundage (811.6 WORDS)

See also The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (MYS BURKE): As this mystery begins, “Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe.” As the deadly hurricane nears New Orleans, investigators discover several floating corpses with injuries pointing to deaths prior to Katrina. This one centers on a forensic entomologist working with FEMA’s disaster response team. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared– arrested and accused of being an agent of al Qaeda.įirst the Dead by Tim Downs (MYS DOWNS) – New Orleans and the post-Katrina years seem to inspire lots of mystery novels.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (976.33506 EGGERS) – In the days after the storm, longtime New Orleans resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. If you’re looking to better understand Katrina and its lasting impact on New Orleans, check out one of these books from the Montclair collection: Given the huge physical and emotional toll of the storm and its aftermath, it’s no surprise that over the past decade fiction and non-fiction authors have used Katrina as both a backdrop and a central figure in their works. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, it quickly became one of the most devastating natural disasters ever.

Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith