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This novel is based on an insider's look at New Orleans from mid-August 2005 through the beginning of reconstruction following Hurricane Katrina. Though the love story is a bit simplistic, the facts surrounding hurricane Katrina and the nightmare aftermath of her passing are well represented as is the breakdown in support, utilities, policing action and information. The news of the aftermath available on the outside was horrific but nothing compared to living through it. And the fact that some things are better when you have to start from scratch - the education system, public accommodations, the politics in the background - is very interesting.

Rebuilding from the effects of Katrina cost 108 BILLION dollars, and up to 1,800 lives were lost. We must all learn from this personal account of that tragic lesson.