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The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish

By Blackwell, Elise

Publishers Summary:
Louis Proby is an old man now, sitting in his study in New Orleans awaitingwhat they say is a huge storm, Hurricane Katrina.As he watches the skies darken, he remembers his earlier life, as a watchful, curiousyoung man filled with hunger and desire in Cypress Parish, the life that waswashed away when the Mississippi River flooded in 1927.He remembers exactly how the Parish was sacrificed to those waters—becausethe city fathers said it was expendable. They said that flooding Louis’s home wasnecessary to save New Orleans.He has long known that was never the truth. The Parish could have been spared.And he has always known the part his father played in that decision. But whathe thinks on now is the dearest cost extracted from him on the day they dynamitedthe dikes and let the waters flow. He thinks on his first love, Nanette Lançon.

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ISBN

978-1-93296-131-7

Publisher

Unbridled Books