Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
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⏳6 years of in-depth reporting
📚Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalism
🌪️Real-life Hurricane Katrina disaster setting
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🌪️ Dive into the storm that changed healthcare forever — don’t miss this gripping true story!
- GRIPPING HUMAN DRAMA - Intimate portrayal of life-and-death decisions under extreme crisis
- AWARD WINNING EXCELLENCE - Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative recognized among NYT’s Best Ten Books
- CRITICAL DISASTER INSIGHT - Reveals systemic failures and ethical dilemmas in disaster healthcare
- TOP RANKED HIGHLY RATED - Ranked #4 in Disaster Relief books with 4.4-star average from 4,600+ readers
- UNRIVALED INVESTIGATIVE DEPTH - Six years of meticulous reporting uncovering hidden truths
Five Days at Memorial is Sheri Fink’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative masterpiece that reconstructs the harrowing five days at a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. Through six years of reporting, it exposes the ethical crises and human struggles faced amid disaster, offering a profound look at healthcare rationing and disaster preparedness. Highly acclaimed and ranked top in disaster relief literature, this book is essential for understanding crisis, compassion, and accountability.
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| Best Sellers Rank | #103,408 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Disaster Relief (Books) #9 in Sociological Study of Medicine #43 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 4,658 Reviews |
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