Shelter Me

A novel of the epic “no name” flood in August 2016 in central and southern Louisiana—a rare, 500-year historic event. The storm dumped 20-30 inches of rain in a mere three days across several parishes in the central and southern parts of the state, wreaking loss and devastation in its wake. The narrative centers on the lives of neighbors who reside on Eden Church Road in the fictional town of Satsuma Grove in Livingston Parish. This is a story of the resilient spirit of the people of the Pelican State and how neighbors pull together to survive in the grips of a natural disaster that destroyed homes and property, tore many families apart while simultaneously binding others together.