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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House

All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House

Giffels, David

Paperback

Aging & Elder CareGeneral Construction & RenovationZoology

ISBN10: 0061362875
ISBN13: 9780061362873
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: Jun 23 2009
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.34 Depth: 7.98
Language: English

As wry as Bill Bryson's I'm a Stranger Here Myself, as insightful as Tracy Kidder's House, here is smart, engaging tale of one man's stuggle to restore his family's new home--a decrepit old mansion--and discover himself

With his pregnant wife and their 18-month-old son in tow, David Giffels scoured the environs of Akron, OH, in search of the perfect house. But nothing seemed right . . . until he spotted the beautiful, decaying Guilded Era mansion. A former rubber robber baron's domain, the once grand house does need some repair . . . okay it's a dump. So what if, there's “nothing holding this place up but memory,”--the assessment of his father, a structural engineer? It wouldn't be perfect if it were easy, and Giffels relishes the challenge. He's a committed do it yourselfer who fears a life without struggle--and Home Depot.

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