Women's History Month for Adults

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1. Rise: how a house built a family

Author:

Brookins, Cara

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0 of 1	Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography	B BROOKINS
2 of 2	Oberlin Regional - Biography	B BROOKINS

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

2017

First edition

St. Martin's Press

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

Oberlin Regional - Biography has 2

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Novelist "Cara Brookins escaped an abusive marriage with 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 [unusual]: 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"--Dust jacket flap.