Rise: How a House Built a Family (CD-Audio)

from nyiper

I LOVED this book!!! It was not only absolutely fascinating -- Cara writes with so much detail that this "story" comes alive. My only wish now is that she could add another few chapters, maybe in blog form---about all the things that happened later with her mother's house, her brother, etc. There...

from Carolee888

When I read about this story, I was blown over that woman with four children could build a two story house. She did it without a main contractor and only hired out a few of the biggest physically challenging tasks. I had been through the house building experience myself in the 1970s but with my f...

from Twink

Cara Brookins is the author of a number of children's books. But Rise: How a House Built a Family is her own story. A victim of domestic violence, Cara found the strength to leave that relationship. But years of uncertainty and fear had taken a toll on not just herself, but her four children. The...

from Darcia

The title of this book is really perfect, because the act of building the house truly did build - or at least rebuild- a damaged family. Cara's story, and the way she tells it, offers tremendous insight into how easily domestic violence escalates and takes over the victims' lives. One of this boo...

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This story is like The Little Engine That Could but for grown-ups. Take some optimism and courage and you too can build a house with your four children despite having no prior experience. Except I would say most of us could not do what Cara Brookins and her family accomplished which is what makes...