Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
Type
Label
Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Adult nonfiction
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Zeitoun
Responsibility statement
Dave Eggers
Series statement
MVLC Book Club Kits
Summary
The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water
Creator
Subject
- Arab Americans + Social conditions -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Biography
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 + Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Zeitoun, Abdulrahman, 1957-
- Arab Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
- Zeitoun, Kathy
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
- Book Club Kits
Is Part Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject8
- Arab Americans + Social conditions -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Biography
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 + Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Zeitoun, Abdulrahman, 1957-
- Arab Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
- Zeitoun, Kathy
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
- Book Club Kits
- Is Part Of1