Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina

A 2020 Nautilus Silver Book Award Winner, Words Whispered in Water follows citizen investigator Sandy Rosenthal as she challenges the dominant narrative surrounding the 2005 flooding of New Orleans. While the media blamed Hurricane Katrina and natural causes, Rosenthal unearthed a different truth: the catastrophic failure of the levees was due to grave design flaws by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

With determination and courage, Rosenthal exposes corruption, media complicity, and government negligence, forever altering the story of what really happened in New Orleans.