City of Refuge A Novel |
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| Author:
| Piazza, Tom |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-167361-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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In the heat of late summer, two New Orleans families-one black and one white-confront a storm that will change the course of their lives.
SJ Williams, a carpenter and widower, lives and works in the Lower Ninth Ward community where he was born and raised. Across town, Craig Donaldson, a Midwestern transplant and the editor of the city's alternative paper, faces deepening cracks in his family. When the news of the gathering hurricane spreads-and when the levees give way and...
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In the heat of late summer, two New Orleans families-one black and one white-confront a storm that will change the course of their lives.
SJ Williams, a carpenter and widower, lives and works in the Lower Ninth Ward community where he was born and raised. Across town, Craig Donaldson, a Midwestern transplant and the editor of the city's alternative paper, faces deepening cracks in his family. When the news of the gathering hurricane spreads-and when the levees give way and the floodwaters come-the fate of each family changes forever.