These nine lives are windows into every strata of one of the most complex and fascinating cities in the world. Nine Lives is a multivoiced biography of this dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city through the lives of nine characters over forty years and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed the city in the 1960’s, and Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. The most interesting question, which struck him as he watched residents struggling to return, was this: Why are New Orleanians-along with people from all over the world who continue to flock there-so devoted to a place that was, even before the storm, the most corrupt, impoverished, and violent corner of America? He quickly realized that Katrina was not the most interesting thing about New Orleans, not by a long shot. Book Description The hidden history of a haunted and beloved city told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.Īfter Hurricane Katrina, Dan Baum moved to New Orleans to write about the city’s response to the disaster for The New Yorker.
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