Praise for The Yellow House

'[An] extraordinary, engrossing debut . . . kinetic and omnivorous . . . Part oral history, part urban history, part celebration of a bygone way of life, The Yellow House is a full indictment of the greed, discrimination, indifference and poor city planning that led her family's home to be wiped off the map. It is an instantly essential text, examining the past, present and possible future of the city of New Orleans, and of America writ large' Angela Flournoy, New York Times Book Review

'Where are you from? The Yellow House is Broom's luminous, literary answer to that appeal . . . Readers may hear echoes of James Baldwin in the relentlessness of her inquiry, and in the sinewy cadences of her sentences . . . Pared down to its studs, The Yellow House is a love story. It is a declaration of unconditional devotion and commitment to place. Broom also pays homage to the relationships we protect, the ones we yearn for and circle back to; the ones that hold us and don't give up on us, that are our living and breathing foundation' Lynell George, Los Angeles Times

'A memoir - but also so much more. The New Orleans native has written a hybrid of the most exquisite kind, part family history, part archaeological dig, part self-exegesis' Petula Dvorak, Washington Post

'[This] gorgeous debut, The Yellow House, reads as elegy and prayer' Maureen Corrigan, NPR


'Gorgeously written, intimate and wise, Sarah M. Broom's The Yellow House is an astonishing memoir of family, love, and survival. It's also a history of New Orleans unlike any we've seen before, one that should be required reading' Jami Attenberg, author of All Grown Up

'Every few years, a book comes along that teaches readers of memoir how to read and writers of memoir how to write . . . the most humanely massive intervention I've read in 21st century memoir writing' Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

'Masterful' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women

'The Yellow House is a masterpiece, period . . . Broom shows what literary nonfiction - and what books - can yet do and be. I already consider her to be one of America's most important and influential writers' Heidi Julavits, author of The Folded Clock