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Name: Zeitoun
Rating: 3.818181818181 (11 reviews)
Author: Dave Eggers

Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house‑painting business in New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, Kathy evacuates with their four children while Abdulrahman stays behind. Over the next days he paddles a canoe through flooded streets, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. On September 6, armed police officers arrest him in his own home, accusing him of suspicious activity. In a moving, eloquent narrative, **Zeitoun** chronicles the family's struggle with forces beyond wind and water, offering a vivid account of the social and human costs of disaster response and federal policy.

First publish date: 2009

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Dave Eggers

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