Good Night Irene: Stories and Photos about the tropical storm that devastated Vermont, the Catskills and the Berkshires
The emotions and community spirit that came to the fore in the storm's aftermath is the leading heart ofGood Night Irene.Co-authors Craig Brandon, Nicole Garman and Michael Ryan have gathered stories and photographs from survivors in hard-hit communities. --Jan Gardner,Boston GlobeThe book is packed with stories about Irene's damage, heroic deeds and neighbors helping neighbors, along with more than 250 photographs, across a wide swath of territory from the Catskills in New York to the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts to several communities in Vermont. These stories run the gamut from heroic to humorous to heartbreaking. --Jon Potter,Brattleboro ReformerThe book carries the flavor of immediacy and presence, and it is respectful to its subject matter throughout..That humbleness has now surfaced in Ryan's emotionally gripping, tensely vivid, literally can't-put-it-down telling of the day Prattsville almost died. --Jim Planck, Hudson-Catskill Newspapers