Hurricane Katrina Victim Records Her Experiences in a Moving New Book

9/18-EBR-ZERO by Andree Maduell is the shattering true-life story of how she and her family survived the tragic Hurricane Katrina.

Lacombe, LA (PRWEB) January 14, 2007 -- In words and photographs, author Andree Maduell describes the horrifying, haunting and moment-by-moment events and emotions of Hurricane Katrina as she lived through them.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Andree Maduell was living near a lake across from the city when the dreadful tragedy of Katrina happened. Trapped by fallen trees, and without electricity for six weeks, she began keeping a journal, at first just for her own need to remember, and then for her grandchildren. Documented with astonishing photographs, this mesmerizing book is a historical record for future generations to understand what it was like for one family to live through catastrophe.

In clear, intimate prose, Maduell describes how she battled insurmountable odds, including getting her ill daughter to her medical treatments. While the media has focused on the poor people in the inner city, Maduell suggests that everyone--even the rich--were all "alone in this together" and all lost homes, family members and trust in a government who seemed to abandon them. This is a book for today and for future generations, a searing remembrance of a calamity that shook the nation.

9/18-EBR-ZERO is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Andree Maduell was born and raised in New Orleans. She has an art degree from Southeastern Louisiana College, and became a mother and teacher/librarian. Her experiences living through Hurricane Katrina became the basis of this book.

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