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I have a relative that volunteers at a thrift shop. I could not do that myself because I would end up bringing home more things than I'd ever need. I'd go into Happy Magpie Mode and think "I can use that!" and "ooo shiny!" and "Unloved orphan books! Must rescue!"

 

Today we had to pick up said relative and give her a lift home - and I thought it couldn't hurt to just peek at a shelf or two. (Yes, you should hear a warning alarm at that sentence.) Of course that was where I'd picked up the book First Gentleman of the Bedchamber for $1 - which I only just now realize I've not remembered to write a review for - yeesh. I really need to sit down next week and do some writing. My problem is that I always want to spend more time reading my current book than summing up one that I've finished.

 

Anyway. I thought I'd be safe in nonfiction - there were only three shelves - but no. Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation was $1.50 and The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld was 50 cents. Could NOT resist. Why did I stop at just two? Time! The shop was about to close! Which was probably a good thing. Relative was rolling her eyes because I am notorious for having so many books. Which yes, I do! One of the other volunteers said she was the same way with shoes. Everyone does have That One Thing that is so hard to resist when you bump into it in a shop, right? But still, next time I must make sure not to drift into that corner of the shop. Way too dangerous. At least it was inexpensive dangerousness.

 

Meanwhile no one can see the virtual shelves of my ebooks, so they'll never know how large a room it'd take to hold all of them! And I do not need to dust.

 

I had another "keep me away from the store" moment online earlier - buying a gift book and instead managed to email it to myself. Facepalm. Auto-fill and lack of caffeine were not my friends. (Thankfully it was fixed. Yay, ebook presents.)

I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS JUST HOW GREAT THIS BOOK ACTUALLY IS!!! I JUST FINISHED. Next time I visit and walk the beautiful streets of New Orleans, I will do so with much more understanding of what this city REALLY SUFFERED through during those long hours, days, and weeks after Katrina. I will smile at each stranger I see, knowing a little bit more about their heritage and why those that remained in New Orleans remained so when they were asked to evacuate. When I walk along the magnificent Riverwalk on the Mississippi River, I will forever hear the written words of Dan Baum and the stories told to him by nine lives that loved New Orleans more than I can ever understand. I will see what it is that they wanted me to see from the stories that they wanted to tell.

Amazing!!

Author Christine Wiltz worked with both primary and secondary sources to bring Norma Wallace and the world of New Orleans prostitution to life.

 

Norma is portrayed as a colorful, willful, obsessively independent woman. The portrayal is so sympathetic that occasionally I find it unbelievable, but that may be my prejudices showing. Certainly I felt a lot of sympathy for her by the end of the book, even while wanting to shout at her and shake her.

New Orleans is as much a character as Norma in the beginning of the book, and Wiltz does a great job of invoking the romance of the city from the 1920's through WWII. In fact, I found the background information on the history of bad behavior in New Orleans to be just as interesting as Norma herself.

 

What Went Well:

• Norma as a complex woman of her time
• Research seems thorough

 

Even Better If:

• Norma portrayed as slightly less saintly
• Narrative needs faster pacing

This is a great book. Great. I recommend it to everyone. New Orleans seen through the eyes of nine residents who lived through Hurricane Katrina. The years before, during, and the years after. Let me tell you, I believed President Bush should have been impeached for the way Katrina was mishandled. Reading the stories hasn't changed my mind. Important book.