My New Orleans, Gone Away: A Memoir of Loss and Renewal

The title is misleading; it's barely about New Orleans at all. In fact 3/4 of the book doesn't even take place in New Orleans, and half the book isn't in Louisiana at all. Even the bits that are in New Orleans are mostly about the author's trials and travails. Read this book for riveting discussion of exciting events in the author's life, such as: being torn about which of two women to date while he was studying in Paris, being unsure whether he wanted to pursue a college degree instead of inheriting the family business, and not having any idea how to talk to his girlfriend about feelings.