“Kathleen Koch saw it all firsthand and made sure the world saw what was happening to the town and the people she knew so well. It’s been five years, but Kathleen has continued to follow what’s happened in that town, and to those people.” - Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s AC360º

    “A first-rate reporter, Koch got all the harrowing details exactly right: death-rattle winds, raging storm tide, flying metal debris, and the god-awful feeling of rank abandonment.” -- Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University

    “The random acts of kindness you will hear about in the book can’t help but renew your faith and humble you at the same time. Kathleen captures the challenges, victories, and can-do attitude the people of the Mississippi coast exhibited after this horrible disaster. It is a great read!” -- Brett Favre, NFL great and Mississippi Gulf Coast native

    “We lost our North Beach Boulevard home—three stories and ten thousand square feet, now a brick slab—and all our life treasures to the natural forces of Katrina. Kathleen Koch’s book tells the continuing story of Katrina’s effect on the lives of so many... Thank you, Kathleen! It really hit home.”

Jazz legend Pete Fountain and his wife, Bev