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

Giffels, David

 
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Synopsis

Traces the author's whimsical attempts to renovate a crumbling Gilded Age mansion into a functional home for his growing family, an effort challenged by such factors as a lack of plumbing and electricity, a motley band of two- and four-legged squatters, and worse. 100,000 first printing.

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About the Author

David Giffels is an assistant professor of English at the University of Akron, where he teaches creative nonfiction. Formerly an award-winning columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal and a contributing commentator on NPR, his writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and many other publications. He lives in Akron, Ohio, with his wife and two children.

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ISBN 10:  0061362875 ISBN 13:  9780061362873
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009
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