num_pages: 158
description: 1 Dead in Attic is a collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, recounting the first four harrowing months of life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is a roller coaster ride of observations, commentary, emotions, tragedy and even humor - in a way that only Rose 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. With photographs by British photojournalist Charlie Varley, 1 Dead in Attic freeze frames New Orleans caught between an old era and a new, New Orleans in its most desperate time, as it struggled out of floodwaters and willed itself back to life in the autumn and early winter of 2005.
language: English
title: 1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories
titlecomplete: 1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories
genres: Historical, History, Southern, Short Stories, Biography, Nonfiction, Memoir, Book Club, Essays, Journalism
ratings_count: 3650
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Essay/Creative Non-fiction
publisher: Simon & Schuster