In the Home of the Happy
Jordan LaHaye FontenotIn 1983 in Mamou, Louisiana, my great-grandfather was mysteriously kidnapped and murdered. 40 years later, in my forthcoming book, I attempt to tell his story, and the story of all that came after. Subscribe, and follow along on the journey.
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This Thursday! "Home of the Happy" in New Orleans
Happy Monday everyone!
It’s been two months now since Home of the Happy launched into the world, and it’s been an absolute fever dream.
Someday soon, I’ll find the words to describe/document what these weeks have been like. But for now,...
Read & Listen to an Excerpt of Home of the Happy
The cover image of Home of the Happy, photographed by Olivia Perillo.
One week from pub day, and I am thinking about Instagram.
I’m thinking about how I, landing on the generational plane as something they are calling a “zillennial”—fal...
"She's going to be the link to everyone else's survival."
Last week, I shared an essay on the life of my great grandmother, Emily Deshotels LaHaye—the widow of Aubrey LaHaye—pulled from newspaper archives, family memories, but most importantly, her own telling. In 1992 when my great-grandmother wa...
"You want me to tell you my life's story?"
Emily Deshotels LaHaye was always at the center of the story of her husband’s murder. She was the witness, the last to see him alive; the only person to see the face of the man who kidnapped him.
She was the one who knew Aubrey in the qui...
The Lore and Legend of The Holiday Lounge
We’re a week out from Lundi Gras, and with it—one of the best Mardi Gras parties of, in my opinion, our great state. In the middle of a crawfish field, miles away from the interstate, what appears to be a faded out, mint-colored shack goes...
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Jordan LaHaye Fontenot is a writer and editor in South Louisiana. Her debut, HOME OF THE HAPPY: A MURDER ON THE CAJUN PRAIRIE tells the true story of her great grandfather's murder in 1983, and will be published by Mariner Books on April 1, 2025.
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