House Lessons, Erica Bauermeister
House Lessons, Erica Bauermeister
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House Lessons
Renovating A Life

Author: Erica Bauermeister

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/24/2020

Synopsis

Have you ever fallen in love against all odds? 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 homes (and lives) better.

In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes listeners on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, this book is designed for homeowners, remodelers, and those who are simply curious about how our built environments shape who we become.

About Erica Bauermeister

Erica Bauermeister is the bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing, and The Scent Keeper. She is also coauthor of 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide and Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. She has a PhD in literature from the University of Washington, and has taught there and at Antioch University. With the exception of two years in Italy, Bauermeister has lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly four decades, and her children proudly say rainwater runs in their veins. She is a founding member of the Seattle7Writers and currently lives in Port Townsend, Washington, in the house she renovated with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on March 25, 2020

Do you like to read memoirs? How about home renovation books?⁣ ⁣ You might recognize this authors name. Erica is actually the genius behind one of my favorite books last year, The Scent Keeper. In this memoir - yes, it’s about Erica - but more specifically, one particular point in her life when she pu......more

Goodreads review by Emily on June 19, 2020

I turned to this book about a home renovation as a source of lightness amid a ton of serious antiracist reading, but I didn’t suspect how deep it would be. It hit me in the feels. I thought it would be about the physical space, but the way she wove home and family and the feel/spiritual meaning of a......more

Goodreads review by Heather K (dentist in my spare time) on August 10, 2021

Somehow this book managed to be boring, trying too hard, meandering, and vaguely elitist all at once.......more

Goodreads review by James on May 12, 2020

I loved this book. I described it my wife as “mellow.” Each chapter is a stage in the purchase and renovation of an old, abandoned house she and her husband purchased and renovated along with their young kids (young when the book started....the book covers many years as it is a long time before they......more

Goodreads review by Kirstin on August 10, 2020

I purchased this book because I love the author's fiction and have read them all. I purchased this book because I love books about houses. I purchased this book from an Independent Bookstore to help them during the loss of business during this pandemic, and to support the author. I purchased this bo......more

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