All the Way Home

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ISBN: 9780061362873

Building a Family in a Falling-Down House

David Giffels

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HarperCollins
13 February 2018

Home renovation & extension

As wry as Bill Bryson’s I’m a Stranger Here Myself, as insightful as Tracy Kidder’s House, here is smart, engaging tale of one man’s stuggle to restore his family’s new home—a decrepit old mansion—and discover himself

With his pregnant wife and their 18-month-old son in tow, David Giffels scoured the environs of Akron, OH, in search of the perfect house. But nothing seemed right . . . until he spotted the beautiful, decaying Guilded Era mansion. A former rubber robber baron’s domain, the once grand house does need some repair . . . okay it’s a dump. So what if, there’s “nothing holding this place up but memory,”—the assessment of his father, a structural engineer It wouldn’t be perfect if it were easy, and Giffels relishes the challenge. He’s a committed do it yourselfer who fears a life without struggle—and Home Depot.

All the Way Home follows Giffels’s funny and sometimes frustrating journey as he and his young family turns a decrepit money pit into the the home of their dreams. From outwitting squatters (both four- and two-legged) to rebuilding termite ridden walls, battling wisteria vines and finding $14,000 in Depression-era cash hidden in a bathroom wall, Giffels takes readers along on the ultimate fixer-up trip. Throughout he shows them the heart of a young man on the brink of adulthood, happily struggling with his new roles as a husband and a father—a man trying to find his way without losing himself.

By: David Giffels
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9780061362873
ISBN 10: 0061362875
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 13 February 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Giffels is an award-winning columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal, a contributing commentator and essayist on NPR station WKSU in Kent, OH, and a former writer for the MTV hit show Beavis and Butt-Head. He lives in Akron with his wife, two children, and a large number of uncounted bats.

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

""A truly wonderful book... The author's insight is so great and so full of heart and cheer that he may make readers want a little more of this driven nature in their own lives...asoulful, funny tale."" - Los Angeles Times ""[A] sweet and funny book... The story of the Giffelses and the falling down house is as romantic as they come, tied up with not just the love of a house, but the love of a city."" - Joyce Wadler, New York Times ""A delight... How the Giffelses come to buy this 'absurd, stupendous place' for just $65,000 is a suspenseful story in itself... It's a pleasure to follow the author around the side and across the only working threshold."" - Cleveland Plain Dealer ""David Giffels offers a poignant yet hilarious account of his experience as a new husband, would-be father, and obsessed home fixer-upper."" - Parade