WORDS WHISPERED IN WATER

When it made landfall in 2005, Hurricane Katrina not only wreaked deadly havoc upon the city of New Orleans, it exposed a profit-driven bureaucracy that hindered every aspect of the city’s rescue and recovery. In the intriguing WORDS WHISPERED IN WATER, New Orleans resident Sandy Rosenthal presents a chilling first-person account of her family’s escape from the immediate destruction, then exposes the government’s systematic missteps and machinations in responding to the disaster, some of which continue to resound to this day. Though it’s been over a decade and a half since Katrina struck, Rosenthal aptly argues that until all the bureaucratic contrivances are atoned for their effects will remain as fresh and as raw for the victims as the day when Katrina’s forward winds first came ashore.