Zeitoun
Books | Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & Naturalists
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Dave Eggers
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Circle • The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. "Eggers’ tone is pitch-perfect—suspense blended with just enough information to stoke reader outrage and what is likely to be a typical response: How could this happen in America? ... It’s the stuff of great narrative nonfiction.” —The New York Times Book ReviewAbdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
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Author
Dave Eggers
Pages
368
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-06-15
ISBN
0307739430 9780307739438
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Finally got around to reading this. So interesting! "
Meghan Young
"well written and well researched"
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Jfly winslow
"I loved this book. A tragic case study of Katrina with Eggers' beautiful and engaging writing. The spoiler is that apparently Zeitoun might not be as sweet as portrayed, and a pretty bad man, based on a quick news scan inspired by another review. Still, that is beside the point that this is storytelling at it's best."
Andrew Greene
"A very conflicted 4 stars. I really enjoyed this story about a family's experience during Hurricane Katrina, which was a captivating read and included many eye-opening moments about how the entire crisis was handled. <br/><br/>My disappointment came when I closed the cover and googled to find photos of the whole family and instead found headlines about Zeitoun's domestic abuse charges and later charges that he arranged to have his wife and son killed. What?!?! So that has made me question all of the "family man" moments in the book, which was really based on the seemingly strong moral character of Zeitoun.<br/><br/>So . . . although I truly was riveted by much of this story, I can't recommend it."
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Gretchen Nord