"This book is a true inspiration, a wonderful homage to Hope and the indestructible Human Spirit!" - Roberta Lee Tennant, MA Editor in Chief, Falcon Books. This is the true story of a community devastated by Hurricane Katrina and a woman in California who was compelled to help. She shares the profound lessons she learned from Katrina survivors in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, just a few miles from downtown New Orleans. It was a county that came back to life against all odds. "One might expect a dog-eat-dog mentality to reign in such an environment. But there was no evidence of that here. In St. Bernard Parish dignity and compassion, humor and hospitality were still going strong. And if these residents could maintain their best qualities in these circumstances, maybe we could too if Disaster ever visited us."