Great book following the hurricane Katrina experiences of 7 different New Orleaners. Shows how all levels of government mostly left people to their own resources before, during, and after the disaster. Big Freedia's memoir, and Mike Davis's essays about New Orleans & Katrina (found in "In Praise of Barbarians"), are good supplements to A.D. and complete the picture of a mostly avoidable but catastrophic disaster for the people of New Orleans. A.D. also follows the stories of people who managed to evacuate before the storm, & their difficulties in returning to their City. Finally, I liked the epilogue at the back briefly telling the author's methods finding the subjects and putting their stories into the book.