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Aug 13, 2019 · Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction. A New York Times Bestseller. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. Named one of the “10 Best Books of 2019” by the New York Times Book Review, Seattle Times, Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Tribune, and Slate.
- Grove Press
- $17.75
Aug 13, 2019 · The Yellow House is a book about the history and legacy of a shotgun house in New Orleans East, where the author's mother Ivory Mae raised her large family. It explores the themes of race, class, place, and family through the lens of a native daughter who left and returned to her home after Hurricane Katrina.
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- Hardcover
- Sarah M. Broom
Aug 13, 2019 · A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION. A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising ...
The Yellow House is a memoir by Sarah M. Broom. It is Broom's first book and it was published on August 13, 2019, by Grove Press. The Yellow House chronicles Broom's family (mapping back approximately 100 years), her life growing up in New Orleans East, and the eventual demise of her beloved childhood home after Hurricane Katrina. Broom also ...
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Aug 5, 2019 · It’s a shotgun house that Broom’s mother, Ivory Mae, bought in 1961 with insurance money after her first husband’s death. Simon, her second husband, was good with his hands and began to add onto...
The Yellow House is a memoir that not only expresses Sarah Broom’s nostalgia for her childhood address but also paints a broad picture of the rise and fall of a neighborhood. To write the book, Broom did extensive research and interviewed her family.
Jun 30, 2020 · Overview. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction. A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising ...
