Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Sheri Fink

592 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina--and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. In the tradition of the best investigative journa...

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informative 83%
challenging 59%
reflective 55%
sad 55%
emotional 49%
dark 48%
tense 41%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 3%
mysterious 3%

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slow 47%
fast 4%

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