Tag: St. Rita’s Nursing Home

  • “The Loved Ones” (31 Longreads in 31 Days, Day 31)

    The best narrative nonfiction tells true stories with the crafts and elements of a short story, and that’s exactly what Tom Junod delivers in “The Loved Ones,” published in the September 2006 issue of Esquire. It looks at the tragedy at St. Rita’s nursing home in New Orleans, where 35 residents died in the floods…