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Rise : how a house built a family / Cara Brookins.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250095664 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 310 pages, 16 pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 818.603 Brook | 31681010041473 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Tells the amazing story of a woman who, having escaped an abusive marriage but having no home to live in, enlisted the help of a small bank loan and a work crew consisting only of her and her four children to build a family home from the ground up, in the amazing story of the healing of a broken family. - Baker & Taylor
Describes how the author, who had escaped an abusive marriage but had no home to live in, used a small bank loan, You Tube instructional videos, and a work crew consisting only of her and her four children to build a family home from the ground up. - McMillan Palgrave
If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, youâll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable.
After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible.
Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children.
It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing together anything bigger than a bookshelf, she and her kids poured concrete, framed the walls and laid bricks for their two story, five bedroom house. She had convinced herself that if they could build a house, they could rebuild their broken family.
This must-read memoir traces one familyâs rise from battered victims to stronger, better versions of themselves, all through one extraordinary do-it-yourself project.
