Book Discussion: Nine Lives
Wednesday mornings
November 11 - December 16
10:00 - 11:00 am
Meeting online via Zoom
Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
Join us as we meet for six weeks to discuss the National Bestseller by Dan Baum. Open to all.
REGISTER HERE Register online and receive the link to join on Zoom
DONATE HERE Donations of any amount are appreciated and help us to continue holding groups such as this one
Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it.
These nine lives are windows into every strata of one of the most complex and fascinating cities in the world. From outsider artists and Mardi Gras Kings to jazz-playing coroners and transsexual barkeeps, these lives are possible only in New Orleans, but the city that nurtures them is also, from the beginning, a city haunted by the possibility of disaster. All their stories converge in the storm, where some characters rise to acts of heroism and others sink to the bottom. But it is New Orleans herself—perpetually whistling past the grave yard—that is the story’s real heroine.
Nine Lives is narrated from the points of view of some of New Orleans’s most charismatic characters, but underpinning the voices of the city is an extraordinary feat of reporting that allows Baum to bring this kaleidoscopic portrait to life with brilliant color and crystalline detail. Readers will find themselves wrapped up in each of these individual dramas and delightfully immersed in the life of one of this country’s last unique places, even as its ultimate devastation looms ever closer. By resurrecting this beautiful and tragic place and portraying the extraordinary lives that could have taken root only there, Nine Lives shows us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
November 11 - December 16
10:00 - 11:00 am
Meeting online via Zoom
Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
Join us as we meet for six weeks to discuss the National Bestseller by Dan Baum. Open to all.
REGISTER HERE Register online and receive the link to join on Zoom
DONATE HERE Donations of any amount are appreciated and help us to continue holding groups such as this one
Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it.
These nine lives are windows into every strata of one of the most complex and fascinating cities in the world. From outsider artists and Mardi Gras Kings to jazz-playing coroners and transsexual barkeeps, these lives are possible only in New Orleans, but the city that nurtures them is also, from the beginning, a city haunted by the possibility of disaster. All their stories converge in the storm, where some characters rise to acts of heroism and others sink to the bottom. But it is New Orleans herself—perpetually whistling past the grave yard—that is the story’s real heroine.
Nine Lives is narrated from the points of view of some of New Orleans’s most charismatic characters, but underpinning the voices of the city is an extraordinary feat of reporting that allows Baum to bring this kaleidoscopic portrait to life with brilliant color and crystalline detail. Readers will find themselves wrapped up in each of these individual dramas and delightfully immersed in the life of one of this country’s last unique places, even as its ultimate devastation looms ever closer. By resurrecting this beautiful and tragic place and portraying the extraordinary lives that could have taken root only there, Nine Lives shows us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
Cost: By donation to support Women's Center programming.
Registration required: Space is limited. Please register using the link at the top of page.
Questions?
Contact us at info@womenscenterforhealing.org or (985) 892-8111
Registration required: Space is limited. Please register using the link at the top of page.
Questions?
Contact us at info@womenscenterforhealing.org or (985) 892-8111
