Five Days at Memorial

We know all about Katrina here. I live west of New Orleans and Katrina was an object lesson for us.

I didn't know all about Memorial Hospital during Katrina, however. Living on the Texas Gulf Coast obligates me to read this story and learn and share the lessons from this book.

It's a tragedy. It's a tragedy, full of both heroism and suffering. It's a well-researched tragedy, told fairly, without bias, and I was left feeling great compassion for both the medical staff of the hospital as well as the patients and rescuers.

One of the best nonfiction reads of the year.