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The House on First Street
Julia Reed
My New Orleans Story
Ecco
July 2008
On Sale: June 24, 2008
208 pages
ISBN: 0061136646
EAN: 9780061136641
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Julia Reed went to New Orleans in 1991 to cover the
reelection of former (and currently incarcerated) governor
Edwin Edwards. Seduced by the city's sauntering pace, its
rich flavors and exotic atmosphere, she was never entirely
able to leave again. After almost fifteen years of living
like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, she got married
and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four
weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck. With her house as the center of her own personal storm as
well as the ever-evolving stage set for her new life as an
upstanding citizen, Reed traces the fates of all who enter
to wine, dine (at her table for twenty-four), tear down
walls, install fixtures, throw fits and generally leave
their mark on the house on First Street. There's Antoine,
Reed's beloved homeless handyman with an unfortunate habit
of landing in jail; JoAnn Clevenger, the Auntie Mame—like
restaurateur who got her start mixing drinks for Dizzy
Gillespie and selling flowers from a cart; Eddie, the
supremely laid-back contractor with Hollywood ambitions;
and, with the arrival of Katrina, the boys from the Oklahoma
National Guard, fleets of door-kicking animal rescuers and
the self-appointed (and occasionally naked) neighborhood
watchman. Finally, there's the literally clueless detective
who investigates the robbery in which the first draft of
this book was stolen. Through it all, Reed discovers there
really is no place like home. Rich with sumptuous details and with the author's trademark
humor well in the fore, The House on First Street is the
chronicle of a remarkable and often hilarious homecoming, as
well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most
original city.
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