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Author:

Brookins, Cara.

Title:

Rise : how a house built a family / Cara Brookins.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Brookins, Cara.
Divorced mothers--Little Rock--Little Rock--Biography.
House construction--Little Rock.--Little Rock.

Contents:

You built your own damn house. Bad habits -- Sticks and stones -- What I learned in first grade -- Truth tellers -- Coffee with cream -- Plan B is for sissies -- Black, white, and gray -- Shop not shopping -- Karma points -- Sounds easy -- The art of war -- A little to the left -- Loyalty won't save you -- One cookie at a time -- Firefighters have hoses -- What is down must go up -- Hear the words I mean -- I am my plumber -- Down by the river -- Glue me back together -- Aiming true -- Scramble to the finish -- You built your own damn house.

Summary:

"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" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250095662
9781250095664

OCLC:

(OCoLC)947146036

LCCN:

2016036419

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