Zeitoun

Pronounced (ZAY-TOON), this is a pretty good book! I've liked what i've read so far and i think it will only get better.  It is a story about a muslim man who stayed in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina.  He is a carpenter and a painter and knows a lot about many of the buildings all around town.  So as the storm hits he is at his home while his wife, three daughters, and son go to stay in Baton Rouge with her family.  Throughout the night Zeitoun is at his house placing buckets and trash bins below any holes in the ceiling.  When the flooding starts he then brings everything up stairs.  Then in the morning he goes around in an old canoe which he had bought at a yardsale a few years ago.  During the night he had heard dogs barking so he goes around to the houses with meat from his freezer in order to save the dogs.  He also helps some other people who he happens to come across during his trips to check on his neighbors houses and those that he was working on before the floods.  Eventually he finds a phone and he calls his wife to make sure everything is o.k. and promises to call her everyday at noon.  I haven't finished it so this isn't everything.  I'll tell you more when I know it.  It may not sound very good the ay i describe it, but it's actually a pretty good story.