Book
Rise : how a house built a family
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Physical Description
viii, 310, pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Contents
- A 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.