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• NOTE: Citations in this Lesson Plan refer to the following version of the book: Broom, Sarah M. The Yellow House. Grove Press, 2019. Amazon Kindle Ebook.

• Sarah Broom’s memoir, The Yellow House, explores themes of identity, place, and the meaning of home.

• In her prologue, “Map,” Broom begins by giving the reader a perspective of the location where her childhood home stood prior to its destruction by Hurricane Katrina.

• The author begins with the perspective of the location from aerial images, 15,000 feet above, looking down on the address at 4121 Wilson Avenue, located in New Orleans East, Louisiana.

• The author describes her brother Carl sitting days and nights at 4121 Wilson Avenue at least five times a week after working at his maintenance job at the NASA Michoud plant.

• It has been 4,015 days since “the Water,” but Carl still holds court amongst friends and neighbors in this empty lot...

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