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by TJ Fisher (Author), Roy F. Guste Jr. (Author), Louis Sahuc (Photographer)
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Lavishly designed and sumptuously illustrated, Orleans Embrace celebrates what makes New Orleans' French Quarter unique and significant. In a long, meandering introduction, Fisher addresses Hurricane Katrina but mostly writes about the history of the quarter and the spirit of those who live there. "No great American city should be left lying spread out as a mutilated carcass with bits of people's lives strewn clear across the horizon," she writes, then recounts all that the quarter has given to America over the centuries. The central section presents Guste's out-of-print classic, The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre (1993), in which Guste provides beautiful photographs and capsule backstories for 20 historic gardens. In the book's final section, Fisher tackles Katrina head-on to the accompaniment of photographs by native Louis Sahuc, lamenting damage to the city of "magical thinking." She declares, "We can decide to buck cruel contretemps or lie down and surrender." Unusual, gorgeous, and intriguing. One hundred percent of the publisher's profits go to French Quarter preservation. Colleen Mondor
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Benjamin Franklin Awards double winner 2007 for Best New Voice Nonfiction ("An emotional portrayal of and poignant narrative on New Orleans and the French Quarter") and Best First Book Nonfiction. A finalist in 3 more categories


Nautilus Book Awards Finalist 2007


"A compendium . . . passionate reflection . . . love letter to this seductive place with its distinctive history, character, and architectural style."  —San Francisco Chronicle


"No medium alone, or paired with another, could possibly capture the elusive essence of the place author TJ Fisher calls 'a bewitching oasis of culture and civilization sculpted from a hostile swamp.'"  —Philadelphia Inquirer


"Amazing, lushly produced inside look at the mysteries of the French Quarter through the eyes and lenses of local aristocrats' cornucopia of stories."  —Andrei Codrescu, "Penny Post" column, Gambit & Downtown Express


"An enchanting peek inside the elusively secret and mysterious parts of the indomitable French Quarter. This is the real Vieux Carré rarely glimpsed by outsiders."  —Francis Ford Coppola



"What a visual palette. Wow! This is truly the New Orleans I love."  —Emeril Lagasse


"A feast for those who prize the city's timeless charms."   —Tom Piazza, author, My Cold War

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