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01766aam a2200301 i 4500 001 48F9D16674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 200204t20202020onc 000 f eng c 035 $a (OCoLC)1138995641 040 $a WAU $b eng $e rda $c WAU $d WAU $d OCLCF $d IW5 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-la 050 4 $a PS3626.A6393 $b L67 2020b 100 1 $a Zapata, Michael, $e author. 245 14 $a The lost book of Adana Moreau / $c Michael Zapata. 260 $a Toronto, Ontario, Canada : $b Hanover Square Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 268 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a The story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New Orleans. In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction novel. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript. Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather's home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana's son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes they must head to the storm-ravaged city for answers. 650 0 $a Women authors, Dominican $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Children of authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Manuscripts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Immigrants $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hurricane Katrina, 2005 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New Orleans (La.) $v Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20201215011607.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200402010447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48F9D16674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search