House Lessons
Renovating a Life
by Erica Bauermeister
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Pub Date Mar 24 2020 | Archive Date Mar 23 2020
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Description
“I think anyone who saves an old house has to be a caretaker at heart, a believer in underdogs, someone whose imagination is inspired by limitations, not endless options.”
In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes readers on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, as well as a loving tribute to the connections we forge with the homes we care for and live in, this book is designed for anyone who’s ever fallen head over heels for a house. It is also a story of a marriage, of family, and of the kind of roots that settle deep into your heart. Discover what happens when a house has its own lessons to teach in this moving and insightful memoir that ultimately shows us how to make our own homes (and lives) better.
Advance Praise
“One part investigation of architecture and design, one part exploration of identity, House Lessons is a meditation on space and home, and Bauermeister is a Zen master of the self.” —Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game
“This beautifully written memoir is for anyone who has wondered where home is and how to find it, fix it, love it, and leave it for later as well. We are lucky to be along for the ride.” —Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is
“Intimate and gracefully told, here is the irresistible story of a house and a family in transmutation. There is alchemy and also magic. You will witness a chimney fly apart and a house in levitation.” —Rikki Ducornet, author of The Deep Zoo
“Reading House Lessons is itself like walking through a beloved old home, where strange treasures and beautiful eccentricities reveal themselves around every corner. Generous and artful, this is a hard-won story of the work that goes into building a life.”—Molly Wizenberg, bestselling author of A Homemade Life
“Bauermeister’s tale of architectural renovation is a window into the nuanced connection between our human lives and our physical dwellings—a relationship that is poetic, visceral, familial, sometimes irrational, and always grounded in love.” —Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Mozart’s Starling and Crow Planet
“Bauermeister seamlessly blends a novelist’s command of narrative tension with a scholar’s curiosity to understand the world around her. Read this and you’ll be entertained, moved, informed, and endlessly surprised.” —William Kenower, author of Fearless Writing
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781632172440 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 240 |
Links
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