Reply To: First impressions

I LOVED this book!!!  Read it in just a couple of days.  😊

Like y’all, I had never heard of this event before.  Honestly, my first thought was it was the same time frame as the Laura Ingalls Wilder book “The Long Winter.”  After a little research (because I’m nerdy like that 😊), I learned this story occurred 7 years after that one.

The part that resonated with me the most was immediately after the blizzard.  I’m a life-long resident of the MS Gulf Coast & have experienced many hurricanes, including Katrina.  The feelings evoked in the story reminded me very much of the days immediately following Katrina — surveying the damage, looking for survivors, waiting to hear news about family & friends.