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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story

by Julia Reed · 2007

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After fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck. The House on First Streetis the chronicle of Reed's remarkable and often hilarious homecoming, as well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most original city.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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women’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisLouisianaLouisianaMore like thisLess of thisNew OrleansNew OrleansMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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