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A Book Dedicated to Rebuilding What Katrina Washed Away
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
May 2006
224 pages ISBN: 1933392185 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction
Cholene Espinoza�Air Force Academy graduate, former U-2
reconnaissance pilot, and embedded Iraq War
journalist�rediscovers hope and purpose in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. With her partner, a close friend, and a
U-Haul packed with supplies, Espinoza drives into the Deep
South with misgivings and self-doubt. Once in DeLisle,
Mississippi, she meets Rev. Rosemary Williams, pastor of the
Mt. Zion Methodist Church. Williams is at the center of
local relief efforts, and from her damaged church she gives
survivors comfort�not just spiritual comfort, but food,
shelter, clothing, and love. Espinoza finds her own
struggles overwhelmed and transformed by the stories of
Katrina�s survivors. Through the Eye of the Storm is a rallying cry for working
Americans and an indictment of the public and commercial
sources of assistance that have failed them. Espinoza
details the seemingly insurmountable red tape, systemic
barriers, and inequities in disaster assistance for people
who have no means to complain or demand better. Common
stereotypes about race, religion, poverty, government
assistance, single parenthood�even our notions of
charity�are challenged when seen Through the Eye of the
Storm . This is a story of loss and recovery, of the ravages
of disaster and the healing power of community.
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