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Shelter Me

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Pub Date Oct 24 2025 | Archive Date Not set

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Description

A novel of the epic “no name” flood in August 2016 in central and southern Louisiana—a rare, 500-year historic event. The storm dumped 20-30 inches of rain in a mere three days across several parishes in the central and southern parts of the state, wreaking loss and devastation in its wake. The narrative centers on the lives of neighbors who reside on Eden Church Road in the fictional town of Satsuma Grove in Livingston Parish. This is a story of the resilient spirit of the people of the Pelican State and how neighbors pull together to survive in the grips of a natural disaster that destroyed homes and property, tore many families apart while simultaneously binding others together.

A novel of the epic “no name” flood in August 2016 in central and southern Louisiana—a rare, 500-year historic event. The storm dumped 20-30 inches of rain in a mere three days across several...


Advance Praise

"Daren Dean employs a variety of perspectives and voices in this incisive, moving novel, but at the heart of each of his character’s stories is, as the title suggests, the basic human longing for shelter – for refuge, for sanctuary, for comfort. The awful storm threatening the lives and property of the residents of Satsuma Grove, Louisiana, propels the residents toward a greater understanding of what shelter truly means. Shelter Me is a nuanced and wise work of art, honest but consoling."

—John Gregory Brown, Decorations of a Ruined Cemetery, The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur, A Thousand Miles from Nowhere


"Daren Dean employs a variety of perspectives and voices in this incisive, moving novel, but at the heart of each of his character’s stories is, as the title suggests, the basic human longing for...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781604894080
PRICE $19.95 (USD)
PAGES 210

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