{"product_id":"flood-of-lies-the-st-ritas-nursing-home-tragedy-paperback","title":"Flood of Lies: The St. Rita's Nursing Home Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS BEST REGIONAL NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH GOLD MEDAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When an elderly couple is charged with murder in the drowning deaths of thirty-five bed-ridden residents of St. Rita's Nursing Home, an emotional edge-of-your-seat thriller takes off like a shot  The players: a wily and profane defense lawyer, a ferocious prosecutor, vengeful families of the victims, and a ravenous media that brands the defendants 'Monsters of Hurricane Katrina.' My advice--block out enough time to read this wonderful book in one sitting.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Berendt, \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A passionate and personal book, artfully constructed.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A war story of jurisprudence. . . . a book you wish wouldn't end.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlood of Lies, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Cobb takes us deep inside a horrific personal and professional journey. . . . a tale of personal sacrifice that often pitted responsibility to family against professional duty. \u003cem\u003e Flood of Lies\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those rare books that takes us behind the scenes of a gut-wrenching, international story. . . . It is a great . . . story of personal and professional triumph.\"Richard Angelico, retired WDSU investigative reporter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the media storm that followed Hurricane Katrina, one gruesome story captivated a horrified nation: thirty-five elderly residents of St. Rita's Nursing Home drowned when a wall of water hit the home like a bomb. Rumors abounded that owners Sal and Mabel Mangano tied residents to their beds and left them to drown, then bloat and rot in the Louisiana heat. News reporters and talk-show hosts spewed a constant stream of sensationalized reports based on incomplete information and hearsay. Almost no one believed that the Manganos could be innocent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisiana lawyer James A. Cobb, Jr., had made his career out of defending deep-pocketed corporate clients, easing his troubled conscience with martinis. When Hurricane Katrina hit, Cobb and his family lost everything. Amid the ruins, Cobb met the Manganos and was convinced not only of their innocence but also of their selflessness and courage on that fateful August day when they, too, lost everything. Cobb agreed to defend the Manganos against near-insurmountable odds. His decision was the start of an inner journey toward self-realization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this true story of a family blamed for the wrongs of the government that prosecuted them, Cobb finds unexpected heroism, unrewarded devotion, and personal redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trial lawyer since 1978, James A. Cobb, Jr., is a native New Orleanian. He graduated with honors from Tulane University Law School, and has since tried more than 130 cases to verdict across the Gulf South. Cobb has been a respected professor at Tulane Law School's trial advocacy program for more than thirty years and is a two-time recipient of the Monte M. Lemann Distinguished Teaching Award. He has been a visiting professor at many institutions, including Harvard Law School. He is a member of the bar in Louisiana, Texas, and Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCobb earned widespread recognition after his involvement in the 1985 case against then-governor Edwin Edwards regarding nursing home approvals. Cobb lives with his family in New Orleans, Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When an elderly couple is charged with murder in the drowning deaths of thirty-five bed-ridden residents of St. Rita's Nursing Home, an emotional edge-of-your-seat thriller takes off like a shot! The players: a wily and profane defense lawyer, a ferocious prosecutor, vengeful families of the victims, and a ravenous media that brands the defendants 'Monsters of Hurricane Katrina.' My advice--block out enough time to read this wonderful book in one sitting.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Berendt, \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlood of Lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Cobb--a profane, hard-drinking New Orleans resident with a racy prose style--tells the story of what happened as he and his partners prepared to defend the Manganos in court. . . . While Cobb is hardly a disinterested narrator, he is an irresistible one. . . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlood of Lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e isn't an example of objective reporting; it is a passionate and personal book, artfully constructed to maximize suspense, and carried along by the compelling narrative voice of Cobb. Above all, it reminds us of how messy and imperfect are the processes of law, how chancy are the outcomes of trials, how outrageously costly, both financially and emotionally, the pursuit of justice can be.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michael Dirda, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cobb's kaleidoscopic personality drives the momentum in what amounts to a war story of jurisprudence. . . . With Cobb's pugilistic legal tactics high-octane personality for plot fuel, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlood of Lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a book you wish wouldn't end.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jason Berry, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is more than a story about Katrina. It is that, told from an original perspective, but it's also a story of abuse of power, of political ambition, of survival, and of a trying to make life ordinary again--when ordinariness amounts to triumph.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John M. Barry, \u003ci\u003eRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What Jim Cobb captures better than any writer I've read is how deeply the media's pre-trial feeding-frenzy shaped public perceptions about the St. Rita's nursing home tragedy. . . . Cobb's brash, brilliant storytelling takes you behind the scenes of an important test for the American system of justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ken Bode, former national political correspondent, NBC News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFront-jacket photograph (c) CARLOS BARRIA\/Corbis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155660836999,"sku":"9781455621309","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/42720ac5c4b0b96ea16a79d190104e01.webp?v=1733237802","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/flood-of-lies-the-st-ritas-nursing-home-tragedy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}