num_pages: 342
description: The true story of one family caught between Americas two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman 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 familys unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
language: English
title: Zeitoun
publisher: McSweeney's