What Remained of Katrina a Novel of New Orleans edition by Kelly Jameson Literature Fiction eBooks
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After Hurricane Katrina destroys her city, an unlikely heroine turns to art and revenge to survive. A failed hooker, magician's assistant, hotel maid and ice cream truck driver, Katrina Lalande comes barreling back in her old red Cadillac to haunt the abusive husband who thought he’d finished her off during the storm. Bent on revenge but determined to find hope in the wreckage, she remembers her past life as Vincent van Gogh as she paints murals on flood-damaged homes, trying to plug the leaks in her city and her heart.
What Remained of Katrina a Novel of New Orleans edition by Kelly Jameson Literature Fiction eBooks
What Remained of Katrina is the most ambitious effort I’ve read by this author. The fact that she wrote the whole thing in second person (not first person as another reviewer stated) and pulled it off with aplomb is testament to her unique flair as an author. I am a fan of Jameson’s books, especially Shards of Summer and Dead On. They are very dark, and I love noir and horror – Katrina isn’t either so I wasn’t sure if I’d like it but heck, I even like Jameson’s romances. I just enjoy the way she turns a phrase. She brings a fresh approach to every genre she writes in, which is another unique thing about this author—you can’t pigeonhole her. She even has a zomedy novel.In Katrina, somehow Jameson makes the main character relatable—which is an achievement because she’s a one-armed New Orleans prostitute who believes she’s reincarnated from Van Gogh—not exactly “everyman”. The setting is grim. The author paints a picture of post-Katrina New Orleans that is wedged in my mind. She peppers it with real details…I googled a few things because I couldn’t believe what I was reading at times. For instance, I didn’t know they tied corpses to trees to hold them before authorities could get there to take them away. Little “tidbits” like that brought a visual reality to this story that underscored Katrina’s unique perspective, which went from sad, to desperate, to vengeful, to courageous, to hilarious and back again. I found myself rooting for this character. Just loved it.
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What Remained of Katrina a Novel of New Orleans edition by Kelly Jameson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Written in first person, and between the current life and past reincarnation-ish stuff, it was hard to follow, much less get a grip on who the heroing actually was. Twists that went nowhere, rabbit trails, etc, made it very hard to read, and I read a lot. Take a pass...
This is an outstandingly original book with a unique point of view, told in high-intensity, poetic language and imagery. Kelly Jameson is a writer to watch.
Was the writer stoned? was I supposed to be stoned while reading it? I just didn't get it and I didn't finish it.
As a long time admirer of New Orleans, I wondered what it was like in the ninth ward after Katrina hit. This book tells it from the human point of view with a story that is hard to put down.
I have to admit that I was first drawn in by the jacket picture and then after I started reading I was hooked. I don't usually like to much cussin but Kelly Jameson made it work with Katrina. She is a woman that has been looking for love in all the wrong men. She is a strong woman although a little crazy from time to time. She has to be a little nuts to live through all that she has been through. Abandoned as a child by her bio dad she faces the reality of everyday life in a town that has been devastated by the worst storm in history. This isn't the New Orleans that has a party every night, this is the real deal. The truth people don't want to see, don't want to think about what really goes on in the slums. Wonderfully written and very realistic. This was one of those books that I didn't want it to end and was suprised by the ending. I will look for more books by this author.
Having been burned by too many overpriced mainstream novels, I am constantly on the prowl for inexpensive but well-written independent or self-published ebooks. This past week I have read "What Remained of Katrina a Novel of New Orleans" by Kelly Jameson. What most attracted me to this book was not its price, but its title (I will be traveling to New Orleans this fall) and the beautifully pensive face on its cover. What kept me reading was the unique voice of its unforgettable central character and narrator, Katrina Lalande.
The premise of the story is familiar enough. A woman who is believed dead returns to wreak some kind of vengeance on the husband who tried to kill her and succeeded in killing her lover. I know, you've read or see countless versions of this ancient set-up. But do not let this dissuade you from reading! It is not the plot points that are compelling here; the joys of this book are in the details. Just as Katrina Lalande fills the ruined walls and walkways of her damaged city with her wondrous murals, Jameson recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of post-Katrina New Orleans. And the climax of the story does not come with a revelatory twist so much as a heart-breaking focus on the events that we have already learned.
"What Remained of Katrina" is told in the rarely used second person point of view, which I confess took me a while to get used to, but ultimately it worked to emphasis Katrina's wounded soul and her struggle to unite her two selves, that other self being Vincent van Gogh. Yep, you read right! Katrina sees herself – possibly real, possibly not – as the reincarnation of that great Expressionist artist who cut off his ear and eventually ended his own life with a gunshot to the gut, an incident that the author suggests may not have been a suicide, after all. Katrina herself removes a part of her own body, but she ends up with an entirely different --- let's say -- perspective. We learn a lot about van Gogh, as well as Paul Gauguin, in this book, enough to want me to re-read van Gogh's glorious letters, but I mostly enjoy how these two troubled personas merged to produce a totally original and compelling writing style, combining poetic grace with slaggy elegance.
I was absolutely transfixed and transported by this great New Orleans novel. I place this on the top shelf of my virtual bookcase. It should appeal to a very wide audience. In a more perfect world, it would shoot to the top of the New York Times Bestseller list. And it is shocking to me that the mainstream publishers have not scooped this up.
readers, don't make the same mistake!
What Remained of Katrina is the most ambitious effort I’ve read by this author. The fact that she wrote the whole thing in second person (not first person as another reviewer stated) and pulled it off with aplomb is testament to her unique flair as an author. I am a fan of Jameson’s books, especially Shards of Summer and Dead On. They are very dark, and I love noir and horror – Katrina isn’t either so I wasn’t sure if I’d like it but heck, I even like Jameson’s romances. I just enjoy the way she turns a phrase. She brings a fresh approach to every genre she writes in, which is another unique thing about this author—you can’t pigeonhole her. She even has a zomedy novel.
In Katrina, somehow Jameson makes the main character relatable—which is an achievement because she’s a one-armed New Orleans prostitute who believes she’s reincarnated from Van Gogh—not exactly “everyman”. The setting is grim. The author paints a picture of post-Katrina New Orleans that is wedged in my mind. She peppers it with real details…I googled a few things because I couldn’t believe what I was reading at times. For instance, I didn’t know they tied corpses to trees to hold them before authorities could get there to take them away. Little “tidbits” like that brought a visual reality to this story that underscored Katrina’s unique perspective, which went from sad, to desperate, to vengeful, to courageous, to hilarious and back again. I found myself rooting for this character. Just loved it.
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