A review by sc104906
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.0

Lanesha lives with Mama Ya-Ya, a local midwife, who adopted Lanesha after her mother died in childbirth. The two live in the Ninth Ward, an impoverished part of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina is looming, but no one really knows the extant of the storm ahead. Lanesha and Mama Ya-Ya are in the fight of their lives.

This novel was beautifully written. I loved the characters. I thought it was an interesting presentation of this American tragedy.