Teaser Tuesdays #122 ~ Below The Water Line

Posted: July 14, 2015 in Excerpt, Literature, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teaser for this week is from

Below The Water Line

Getting Out, Going Back, And Moving Forward In The Decade After Hurricane Katrina

by Lisa Karlin

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My Teaser from page 74 in the Paperback.

The ill, the elderly, young children, and babies are especially vulnerable to the heat and poor living conditions that occur in the aftermath of a hurricane. The TV is filled with these images now. People push an old woman on a mattress across a flooded street. Lethargic, diaper-less babies are held in mother’s arms. These images make me want to turn away, but I cannot. I still cannot fathom that what I see is real, and that it is happening in the city in which I live.

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Synopsis

Lisa Karlin’s memoir describes her family’s hurricane evacuation experiences and all that followed in the decade after Hurricane Katrina. In August 2005, Lisa, her husband, thirteen-year-old daughter, eleven-year-old son, and two dogs evacuated New Orleans for what they thought would be a two-day “hurrication.” Her day-by-day account of the weeks that follow vividly chronicles the unprecedented displacement of thousands of Americans, and on a personal level, describes how her family makes the trifecta of major life decisions: where to live, where to work, and where to enroll their children in school. Lisa Karlin provides a personal commentary on how everyday life has been impacted by Katrina’s aftermath and how, a decade later, there are still lingering effects of one of the most devastating events in American history.

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Comments
  1. ljennison says:

    Hurricane Katrina was such a devastating and ongoing experience. The book sounds like an interesting perspective. My Teaser

    • fuonlyknew says:

      Between Katirna and Ivan, you can drive along and still see so much damage. There are evn boats still rotting a longs ways from the water.

  2. Beth F says:

    I bet this is an eye-opener

    • fuonlyknew says:

      Very much so! I stayed up late last night to read more and am paying for it this morning. LOL It brings back so many memories and there are pictures in the back that show the devastation in vivid color.

  3. KymPossible says:

    Would be eye-opening indeed to read a first-hand account from someone who lived it.
    Here’s my Teaser: http://justasecondblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/teaser-tuesdaysfirst-chapter-first_14.html

  4. Not sure this is a read for me but I hope your enjoying it. 🙂

  5. I remember watching these scenes on TV. I finally emailed one of the news organizations and suggested that they quick flying over to film, and use those helicopters to drop some food and water to the stranded people!
    I’ll probably pick this on up.
    Today my teaser is from When the Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi.

  6. Kathy Martin says:

    I really should read this one. I’ve read a ton of fiction lately about New Orleans after Katrina. The teaser on my adult blog this week comes from the steampunk mystery – Bronze Gods by A. A. Aguirre. Happy reading!

  7. Candid Cover says:

    This book sounds incredible! I love the teaser that you chose. Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂

  8. Dagny says:

    Thanks for making me aware of this one. I only have one friend who lives in New Orleans. They were lucky in that their house was on a bit higher ground and survived. She left and had relatives to stay with. Her husband stayed because of his job.

    My TT today is the 13th Harry Bosch novel: https://madamevauquer.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/the-overlook-by-michael-connelly/

  9. emmak89 says:

    Wow, I’ve never heard of this book before but it sounds really interesting. Hope you’re enjoying it.

    My TT: https://thebookbrief.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/teaser-tuesday-17/

  10. Sounds like a book that will pull on the heart strings.

  11. Naomi Hop says:

    Wow! Sounds like something bad happened there! Hope you enjoy it!

    Naomi @ Naomi’s Reading Palace

  12. I can’t imagine the horrors experienced.

  13. I remember seeing the devastation on tv even from all the way here in Australia the situation must have been horrendous to live though.

  14. The devastation of Kathrina was felt across the world, but I imagine it must have been so much worse seeing those same images when actually knowing the city.

  15. Wow, this looks like a powerful book, telling a story that affected so many people.

    Great choice, and excellent teaser.

  16. Denise says:

    Hurricanes are terrifying. I grew up in south Florida and it was just an accepted part of life that your house could possibly wash away every year during hurricane season. Katrina was one of the worst things I had ever seen, way worse than any hurricanes I had ever been affected by. This tells a much needed perspective for people who don’t know or understand. Thanks for sharing!

    • fuonlyknew says:

      I live on the Gulf Coast and know what you mean about hurricanes being a part of our life. Ivan hit me way worse than Katrina did. Unless they’ve experienced a bad one, people can’t imagine it.

  17. Eustacia Tan says:

    Oh my, that is terrible. Sounds like a powerfully written memoir.

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