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This is one of those nonfiction books that reads like an incredibly well-written novel. It tells the at times uplifting and at times deeply depressing story of a Syrian-American, his American wife, and their four children during and after Hurricane Katrina. What could have been a story of survival and heroism turns into a powerful example of the unforgivable post-Katrina tragedies that accompanied Bush-era mismanagement, negligence, and anti-Muslim sentiment. The book itself is not overtly political, but it is impossible to not feel a sort of moral outrage at the treatment of the titular Abdulrahman Zeitoun's at the hands of the FEMA-appointed forces who seem to have done very little by way of limiting the chaos, desperation, and dehumanizing conditions in the immediate aftermath of the storm. A thought-provoking and highly recommended read.