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The floating world : a novel /

In this dazzling debut about family, home and grief, C. Morgan Babst takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina and the life of a great city. As the storm approaching the Louisana coast, Cora Boisdoré refuses to leave the city. her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from freed slaves...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Babst, C. Morgan, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2017].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Fiction. Racially mixed families > Fiction. Disaster victims > Family relationships > Louisiana > New Orleans > Fiction. Grief > Psychological aspects > Fiction. New Orleans (La.) > Fiction. FICTION > Literary. FICTION > Family Life.

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