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New Orleans: A Childhood

By: Norbert Elliot
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When Norbert Elliot graduated from his New Orleans Catholic grammar school in 1966, he was determined to claw himself free from his family and the place they called home. Interlacing the history of one of America’s iconic cities with his childhood memories, Elliot explores two hundred and fifty years of intentional cruelty and promised charity.

With a focus on disposable lives, his memoir calls into question traditional views of family and home, and asks us to imagine the freedom of lives lived on the delicate line between what can, and cannot, be.

©2025 Norbert Elliot (P)2025 Norbert Elliot Americas Conflict Resolution Relationships New Orleans
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A masterful blend of personal history and the history of NOLA. I now know more about the city and more about a man I admire, respect, and love. Here’s to the family you get from the beginning, and to the family you make along the way.

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This is an exceptional text that changes the way we see our families and their histories in place and time. Brilliantly written and beautifully told.

A lineage of namesakes wrapped in a rich history

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