This book kicked ass.
It had everything that I look for in a book: houses, interesting people and an interesting city.
Julia Reed is an excellent writer. She kept me entertained almost the whole time I was reading the book. She lost me a couple of times in her long descriptions of all the food and various alcoholic beverages she and her friends consumed, but over all it was a fascinating book.
I was just hoping to get a little insight on what it's like to live in New Orleans and to restore a house, but the book was so much more that that. It was a first hand account of living thru Hurricane Katrina which I had never read before. It was sad, entertaining and also immensely educational. Not only that but it seemed as if Ms. Reed knew every single person in New Orleans. There were more characters in this book than I could easily keep track of, but still I muddled through.
As I research my way through New Orleans further I am getting sucked deeper and deeper into this city. I can't seem to find anyone who does not fall in love with it as soon as they arrive. This book only made an actual trip there more inevitable.
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