{"product_id":"hurricane-story-jennifer-shaw-9780984457632","title":"Hurricane Story","description":"Like a mournful fairytale, Jennifer Shaw's beautifully staged tableaux are alternately sweet and menacing, filled with emotion but never spilling over into sentimentality. The poetic marriage of words and photos makes \u003ci\u003eHurricane Story\u003c\/i\u003e a children's book for grown-ups.\" --Josh Neufeld, creator of \u003ci\u003eA.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if you think you've seen it all where Katrina's concerned, trust me, you're going to love Shaw's marvelous memoir.--\u003ci\u003eThe Times-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the kind of book that reminds you that books can be beautiful objects. --\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHurricane Story is a tabletop, toy box Odyssey. With simple objects, trenchant statements, and exquisite camera vision, Shaw relates an epic tale of displacement, creation and discovery. -- George Slade, curator, Photographic Resource Center, Boston \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn engaging variation on a near mythic theme.--\u003ci\u003eGambit Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurricane Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbinding odyssey of exile, birth and return told in forty-six photographs and simple, understated prose. This first-person narrative told through dreamlike images of toys and dolls chronicles one couple's evacuation from New Orleans ahead of the broken levees, the birth of their first child on the day that Katrina made landfall, and their eventual return to the city as a family. Shaw's photographs, at turns humorous and haunting, contrast deftly with the prose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis clothbound hardcover edition includes an introduction by Rob Walker, author of \u003ci\u003eLetters From New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e and former \"Consumed\" columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984457631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984457632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broken Levee Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.14h x 7.06w x 0.68d","brand":"Jennifer Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055947346175,"sku":"9780984457632","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3561aecf-0dbd-4f97-b7dd-4e46849d9c1c.jpg?v=1685038684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hurricane-story-jennifer-shaw-9780984457632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}