Download or read book The House on First Street written by Julia Reed and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck. The House on First Street is the chronicle of Reed's remarkable and often hilarious homecoming, as well as a thoroughly original tribute to our country's most original city.