2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner
Zeitoun
Dave Eggers
In August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans had been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded s…
2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Shortlist
Columbine
Dave Cullen
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
Tracy Kidder
