The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story - Julia Reed

In the tradition of A Year in Provence this book offers a brilliantly funny, original portrait of New Orleans and its eccentric denizens, as seen through the eyes of Vogue and Newsweek contributor Reed. 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 Street is the chronicle of Reed's remarkable and often hilarious homecoming, as well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most original city.