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Rosalyn Story Wading Home (Paperback)
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- Publication Name
- Wading Home
- Title
- Wading Home
- Subtitle
- A Novel of New Orleans
- EAN
- 9781932841558
- ISBN
- 9781932841558
- Release Year
- 2010
- Release Date
- 11/11/2010
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Wading Home : a Novel of New Orleans
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Agate Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Family Life, African American / General, General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 306 Pages
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When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, chef and widower Simon Fortier knows how he plans to face the storm--riding it out inside his long-time home in the city's Treme neighborhood, just as he has through so many storms before. But when the levees break and the city is torn apart, Simon disappears. His son, Julian, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, rushes home to a New Orleans he left years before to search for his father. As Julian crisscrosses the city, fearing the worst, he reconnects with Sylvia, Simon's companion of many years; Parmenter, his father's erstwhile business partner and one of the most successful restaurateurs in New Orleans; and Velmyra, the woman Julian left behind when he moved to New York. Julian's search for Simon deepens as he finds himself drawn into the troubled history of Silver Creek, the extravagantly beautiful piece of land where his father grew up, and closer once again to Velmyra. As he tries to come to grips with his father's likely fate, Julian slowly gains a deeper, richer understanding of his father and the city he loved so much, while unraveling the mysteries of Silver Creek.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Agate Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1932841555
ISBN-13
9781932841558
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102889898
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wading Home : a Novel of New Orleans
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life, African American / General, General
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
306 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.T694w33 2010
Reviews
Author Rosalyn Story's lyrical odyssey of love and loss, and desire and despair does grown folks' fiction proud...Credit aptly named Story, the author of the 2004 best seller More Than You Know, with keeping Julian and Velmyra--and us--on solid ground with her assured storytelling. The scenes of families clinging to all they know to avoid drifting off toward an uncertain fate are mesmerizing. Wading provides a deeper look into the initial torment of post-Katrina New Orleans through the eyes of fictitious characters whose struggles teach us the meaning of gratitude and love., In this affective second novel from Story (More Than You Know, 2004), a Dallas-based violinist with the Fort Worth Symphony, New Orleans natives struggle to recover their lives as well as their property after Hurricane Katrina...Story's musical background infuses her novel with a lyrical rhythm..., Wading Home is an important book about one of America's most important cities, veiled in the form of a captivating page-turner. Lyrical, accessible, compelling, and populated by a broad, fully realized cast of supporting characters, its timeless story tells how this son strives to save his father: shaken to the core by the devastation of a city, he discovers the true meaning of home, family, and history...One of the most powerful post-Katrina New Orleans novels; one that truly captures the full scope of the storm's impact both on the city and the people within it., It's this lyricism in her writing that has inspired reviewers to compare her to James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. It's also her biggest gift as a writer, says David Haynes, director of creative writing and associate professor of English at SMU. 'You can just hear the music on the page in the flow of the words. Because of her musical training, she's not afraid to take risks with a lush rhythmic sentence,' he says....For Wading Home, Story mined the New Orleans musicians' tales she heard while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity after Katrina. The book is about far more than Katrina's devastation. At its heart, the novel is about family, home, and strong ties to the land. In it, Julian Fortier has abruptly left his family and friends to seek his fame as a jazz trumpet player. After Hurricane Katrina, he returns to the city to search for his missing father. Haynes says, 'This is simply a wonderfully told, beautiful story and ought to be appealing to any reader who loves a wonderful story.', "New Orleans natives struggle to recover their lives as well as their property after Hurricane Katrina.... Story's musical background infuses her novel with a lyrical rhythm...as engaging characters rebuild their relationships and their city. The current oil-spill crisis only makes the hopefulness of this novel more moving, if heart-wrenching." --Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-013014
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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