Sarah M. Broom's debut memoir The Yellow House tells the sprawling tale of a family in New Orleans East and the home that was wiped away by... Sarah M. Broom On 'The Yellow House' SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST ...

One of the many things lost in Hurricane Katrina was the home where Sarah M. Broom and her 11 siblings once lived with their parents, a widow and a father who died just months after Broom was born. In ...

This memoir won the National Book Award for nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for best debut. The house is one that Broom's mother bought in East New Orleans when she was just 19.

The house is one that Broom's mother bought in East New Orleans when she was just 19. It became a refuge for extended family, but after Hurricane Katrina, it was razed. In Broom's capable hands, the ...