The Yellow House

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, this brilliant and haunting memoir explores the profound connection to home and family through the lens of a shotgun house in New Orleans East. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother, Ivory Mae, purchased a home in a neighborhood once filled with promise, coinciding with the Space Race and a nearby NASA plant. Following the death of Sarah's father, Simon, just six months after her birth, the Yellow House became Ivory Mae's most unruly child among her twelve children. This ambitious narrative spans a century of family history and their ties to a neglected area of a mythologized city. It reveals a mother's battle against the decay of her home and a daughter's journey back to confront the inescapable pull of her roots, even after the house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Broom's memoir expands the narrative of New Orleans to include the stories of its lesser-known residents, showcasing the enduring themes of clan, pride, and familial love that resist erasure. Situated between the tourist-friendly "Big Easy" and the reality of Broom's upbringing, this transformative story addresses issues of place, class, race, and the lingering effects of inequality, all conveyed with startling clarity and power.