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Rated The Yellow House 8/10

A lovely, at times lyrical, memoir about the author's family and their lives in New Orleans. It's divided into four sections, focusing on family history; her upbringing in the titular ramshackle house on the city's neglected east side; the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina; and the long aftermath of post-Katrina displacement, as Broom tries to make sense of what happened. Particularly sharp in its analysis of the gap between the perception of New Orleans as seen by outsiders and the lived reality of the Black families beyond the tourist zones. Slow going, but a good read.

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Published 2026-08-18 14:46 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere