1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

The Author, A Pulitzer-winning Columnist For The Times-picayune, Chronicles The Horrific Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina In His Collection Of Candid Essays. 1 Dead In Attic Is A Collection Of Stories By Times-picayune Columnist Chris Rose, Recounting The First Harrowing Year And A Half Of Life In New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina. Celebrated As A Local Treasure And Heaped With National Praise, Rose Provides A Rollercoaster Ride Of Observation, Commentary, Emotion, Tragedy, And Even Humor--in A Way That Only He Could Find In A Devastated Wasteland. They Are Stories Of The Dead And The Living, Stories Of Survivors And Believers, Stories Of Hope And Despair. And Stories About Refrigerators. 1 Dead In Attic Freeze-frames New Orleans, Caught Between An Old Era And A New One, During Its Most Desperate Time, As It Struggles Out Of The Floodwaters And Wills Itself Back To Life.