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. |
Performer |
Cara Brookins. |
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. This must-read memoir traces one family's rise from battered victims to stronger, better versions of themselves, all through one extraordinary do-it-yourself project. |
System details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: OverDrive Listen. |
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Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook. |
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Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile) |
Other edition |
Original 9781250095664 |
Subject |
Brookins, Cara.
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Brookins, Cara -- Family.
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Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Women authors, American -- Biography.
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Divorced mothers -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography.
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House construction -- Arkansas -- Little Rock.
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Genre |
Autobiographies.
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Audiobooks.
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Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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ISBN |
9781427282262
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STANDARD # |
048532F9-FF2B-44BA-8370-D4914241C6BE OverDrive |
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