Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum

Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans

Dan Baum

352 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional sad slow-paced

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After Hurricane Katrina, Dan Baum moved to New Orleans to write about the citys response to the disaster for The New Yorker. He quickly realized that Katrina was not the most interesting thing about New Orleans, not by a long shot. The most intere...

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emotional 70%
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challenging 40%
reflective 30%
dark 20%
tense 20%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
inspiring 10%

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fast 33%
medium 22%

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