Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans, by Rosalyn Story - which I read as an Ebook on my Kindle - is a novel which uses the backdrop of hurricane Katrina to weave a tale of fathers and sons, home-coming, food and, of course, Jazz! When Simon Fortier, chef and stalwart of the community, goes missing after hurricane Katrina, Julian, his jazz-trumpeter son comes home from New York to try and find out what's happened to him. We follow Julian as he tries to come to terms with the devastation left behind by the hurricane, the apparent lack of timely support by the authorities and his guilt over the last conversation he'd had with his father. He finds comfort in the music of the city, the homely food that somehow finds its way to the table when more than two locals meet, and the friends he had virtually abandoned when he'd left New Orleans to find fame and fortune across the world. Will he find his father and will he be able to understand how the city maintains its hold over a community that has been ripped apart. This is a really good read - and the writing evokes the sounds, smells, tastes and sights of New Orleans and the people who are trying to rebuild their homes and maintain their own particular culture.
My star rating: FOUR stars
The stats bit:
Length: 306 pages in print.
Price I paid: £0.00 (was free when I downloaded it, but it isn't now)
Other formats available: Print.
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