Five Days at Memorial

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's *Five Days at Memorial* is a landmark investigation into the tragic events at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. As the hospital lost power amid rising floodwaters, staff reportedly designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested, accused of injecting some of these patients with life-ending drugs. Fink's six-year exposé unspools this complex mystery, addressing urgent questions of patient prioritization, end-of-life care, and human morality during extreme disaster. A *New York Times* Bestseller, this highly acclaimed book won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and inspired an Apple Original series.

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