A story of a man and his family living in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina hits, Zeitoun's wife and children leave, while he stays behind to clean up and rescue people. He is captured and tried and thrown in jail accusing him of crimes because of his Syrian and Muslim decent. After weeks of torture he is freed.
A great true story, a read for anyone who wants to know the back stories we don't always seem to hear about. You might cry i know i did, and talk some sense into some of the people for locking up innocent people and thats a good thing. Eggers did and excellent job.Lets all remember that were all human and help each other in time of need not judge them and lock them up for nothing.