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“Rivlin’s valuable book is among the first to relate, in clear and scrupulous detail, the decisions that have brought us this far, and to identify those who made them…Rivlin is a sharp observer and a dogged reporter. He is unerringly compassionate toward his subjects…But Rivlin’s most valuable journalistic skill is his acute sensitivity to absurdity. He is particularly piqued by the absurdity of racial and economic injustice.” – The New York Times Book Review“One of the must-reads of the season…Rivlin offers a good report of what happened during the storm, the bureaucratic snarls and blockages that followed and, most of all, the human cost to all New Orleanians.”–The New Orleans Advocate “Deeply engrossing, well-written, and packed with revealing stories….a magnificently reported account of life in a broken, waterlogged city….Rivlin’s exquisitely detailed narrative captures the anger, fatigue, and ambiguity of life during the recovery, the centrality of race at every step along the way, and the generosity of many from elsewhere in the country.”—Kirkus (starred)“[A] carefully researched, beautifully written book.”–San Francisco Bay View “A sprawling, epic tale, filled with cold numbers and heartbreaking scenes of loss and devastation. It’s also an insightful, accessible saga that follows a wide cast of participants—including politicians, businessmen, and everyday residents—over the course of many years….[Rivlin] doesn’t pull punches as he looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of New Orleans’s struggle to recover, nor does he shy away from the complicated racial themes that have always been a part of the city’s history….he skillfully balances out the human elements with concrete details of the devastation and the reconstruction that has followed. For those interested in how New Orleans came to the brink of destruction and slowly fought its way back to become a thriving, even improved, metropolis, this is certainly a work worth checking out.”—Publishers Weekly"A fascinating lesson in urban planning in the face of calamity and financial shenanigans about what has been deemed “the most expensive disaster in history."—Booklist“Journalist Gary Rivlin sweeps from street to boardroom in this history of the aftermath…As Rivlin sharply reminds, overcoming disasters is very much an issue of governance.”–Nature Magazine“Sweeping and searching, Katrina is a Category Five exposé of disastrous disaster relief.”–Florida Courier“A gem of a book—well-reported, deftly written, tightly focused. It’s a book that will appeal to the urban planner and the Mardi Gras reveler…’Katrina’ is a genuine success, and is a starting point for anyone interested in how The City That Care Forgot develops in its second decade of recovery.”–St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Painstakingly researched…Rivlin’s reporting allows him to paint deep portraits of his characters and explain relationships…Rivlin does an admirable job keeping the political personal and helping readers understand how deeply and devastatingly Katrina affected everyone in the city…The book is timed to come out a couple of weeks before the 10th anniversary of Katrina, but the timing this summer is equally important as part of the conversation America is currently having on the subject of race relations.”–Miami Herald
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About the Author
Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and the author of five books, including Katrina: After the Flood. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, GQ, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons.
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Product details
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1st edition (August 11, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781451692228
ISBN-13: 978-1451692228
ASIN: 1451692226
Product Dimensions:
6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
72 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#602,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I just finished this and found it to be a good read. I am a New Orleanian who returned within a few weeks after the flood.Rivlin's book pays appropriate attention to the Lakefront and New Orleans East, which were largely ignored by the media at the time, who focused so heavily on the Lower Ninth Ward. It well describes the role of Baton Rouge as a major safe harbor, temporary home, and hub for many of those eager to return. The book brought back many memories of immediate post-Katrina of Orleans: the terrible smell of the air, refrigerators on the street, dishonest contractors, National Guard in the city, and the "Katrina cough" that most of us had. I feel that it also gives an honest discussion of the racial issues and the desire of many whites to use Katrina as an opportunity to downsize the black population of New Orleans. There is a whole more to the book, of course, but these were things that I particularly appreciated about it.
An extremely, well researched book on the many facets, factors and individual response to this great "Natural" and man-made tragedy. In so many ways a Sad, condemning time in the racial history of this country. For black people another reaffirming example for how through the lowest times, still we are able to Rise!! May New Orleans continue to be the unique, wonderfully ethnic diverse place it has always been in this country.
Recently released, Katrina, After the Flood, by NY Times reporter, Gary Rivlin, is a rich and focused look at the efforts to help New Orleans recover and is full of lessons for any one who cares about improving conditions in America's cities. There are some inspiring successes and too many colossal failures in the efforts to bring New Orleans back. There are the depressing and even comical leadership failures of Mayor Nagin and President Bush but even more disturbing is the sheer inability of government bureaucracies to even care about being effective. In the chapter entitled "Eight Feet Across," Rivlin describes how the state of Louisiana hired a consultant to map out how to use HUD funds that had been provided for rebuilding housing. His flow chart laying out the steps required to secure HUD funds was eight feet across. Said an official working on the recovery, "It took us six months just to get two feet." Even in the midst of one of the worst disasters in our lifetime, HUD could not get out of its own way. Many American cities face the same challenges of disinvestment and population loss that devastated New Orleans (although in a more slow burn kind of way) and an effective public sector will be essential to their revitalization. But we are going to need to revitalize or recreate the agencies that are suppose to help.
I loved Katrina: After the Flood. It's a terrific read that walks us through the horror of Katrina from the time when it hit through the rebuilding of New Orleans. The writer, a former colleague of mine at the NYTimes, brings us into vivid conversations and discussions between the New Orleans Mayor, the Louisiana Governor, President Bush and other key officials, as well as the people who were appointed to plan and execute the reconstruction. He describes gripping and heartbreaking scenes during the ordeal, and introduces us to fascinating characters whose lives were upended by the flood. I don't think I understood the magnitude of the devastation, the challenges of rebuilding a ravaged city, or the racial and economic inequities that the hurricane exposed and sharpened until I read this great book. A must read.
Gary Rivlin writes his journalistic account with the readability of a novel. You'll get to know people who created some of the greatest misery in the history of this country, and you might even understand how they came to do it. If you weren't in New Orleans during the hurricane and recovery, you'll be shocked by the stories. And if you ever wondered how the human will can triumph against terrible odds, you might learn something here.
An interesting well written read, however once again the fantastic work of the St. Bernard Project and volunteers who have helped rebuild 100's of homes and lives in and around New Orleans, has been totally overlooked. SBP has been a huge factor in bringing back to life communities not only in St. Bernard Parish, the Lower 9th, New Orleans East, Gentilly ... but now also on a State-wide basis, following other catastrophic natural disasters including both Texas and S. Carolina just this year. It would be interesting to see their efforts mentioned in such detailed reports about Katrina and rebuilding NOLA.
This is a wonderful, in-depth report of what happened in NOLA after the camera crews packed up shortly after Katrina. Along the way, we get to know key people and their impact on the attempted recovery, the efforts to leverage this "opportunity" into a means of reinventing NOLA, and not for the better. The reporting is thorough, the writing is crisp, evocative and empathetic. Anyone with even a slight interest in this recent American tragedy would do well to read Rivlin's book.
This is a book about an important event in history that reads like a novel. Gary Rivlin has found some very interesting characters with different perspectives - from a friend of President Bush's leading the planning after the storm to a radical community organizer working on the ground - and he weaves their stories together to build a really compelling story about what has happened to New Orleans after the storm. Originally sent by the New York Times just after the storm hit, Rivlin apparently found the story hard to leave behind. He follows characters as they initially evacuate New Orleans or stay put to weather out the storm, and then try to navigate the maze of recovery efforts - some working to shape those, some just trying to figure out how to put their lives and neighborhoods back together. A really engrossing read.
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