Zen

and Rage and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation

Marcia E Formica

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English

SDP Publishing Solutions, LLC
21 December 2021

Individual architects & architectural firms; Biography: general; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Zen Buddhism; Home renovation & extension

Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation is Marcia Formica's first, and perhaps forever only book. It's a humorous and sometimes harrowing account of surviving and even thriving through a decade-long home renovation project co-produced with her husband. This is the story of the monumental project they undertook to morph their adorable little colonial reproduction home into an energy-efficient, sustainability-minded house over twice the size in just over three times the original timeframe-with almost no lasting loss of sanity.

Marcia's vivid, deeply self-aware, portrait of marriage and resiliency, Zen and rage, family and friendship, is by turns poignant and funny-and sometimes both at once. It's down-to-earth and relatable, even if you don't have a spouse with the talents of her husband.

Part memoir, part how-to, and part self-help, with consistent doses of humor, this guide will teach you much about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of energy-efficient home renovation, and even a few pointers for fostering your own Zen when your world is full of chaos.

By: Marcia E Formica
Imprint: SDP Publishing Solutions, LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 231g
ISBN: 9781736720493
ISBN 10: 173672049X
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 21 December 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Marcia Formica is an evolving experiment in self-actualization. After a corporate career of over 31 years, she ditched her suits and pumps and tumbled into her ""why"" in the fall of 2018. This is her first, and perhaps forever her only book, a humorous and sometimes harrowing account of surviving and even thriving through a decade-long home renovation project co-produced with her husband (to whom, most stunningly of all, she remains married). She shares the ongoing saga of refinements to their environmentally sustainable, very low-energy-consuming passive house on her website and blog at zenandrage.com. There you can also see a complete gallery of photos taken over the full course of the renovation. Her passion for the links between food, and public and environmental health, can be found in her ""Food Friday"" posts at fireoverfifty.com/category/food-friday/. For fun and profit, she is a practitioner of value investing and disciplined trading strategies. She's been on the adventure of marriage to her husband Tim since 1993. They aren't beautiful. They aren't rich. They swear. A lot. They have two (arguably) grown sons, James and Owen, and the best friends and family she could ever have imagined for herself, including her mom and dad, whose care she's helping with-which she blogs about on her ""Mom & Dad Monday"" page at fireoverfifty.com/category/mom-dadmonday/."

Reviews for Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation

"Marcia Formica's book, ""Zen (and Rage)"" is knocking it out of the park! *First place-Humor, Royal Dragonfly *Honorable Mention -Relationships, Royal Dragonfly *Honorable Mention -Self-Help/Inspirational, Royal Dragonfly *Second place-Best Cover Design, Royal Dragonfly *Honorable Mention-Memoir, Royal Dragonfly *Honorable Mention-New Author: Nonfiction, Royal Dragonfly Marcia Formica's ""Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation"" has been honored as a finalist in the non-fiction, cross-genre category in the American Book Fest's Big Book Award contest. Congratulations, Marcia! http: //americanbookfest.com/nonfictionbooks/crossgenrenonfiction.html ""An ambitious project deftly recalled with precision and levity."" -Kirkus Reviews, March, 2022 https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marcia-e-formica/zen-and-rage-and-the-art-of-a-never-ending-home-re/ ""Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation,"" by Marcia E. Formica is a 2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Cross Genre! https: //www.nycbigbookaward.com/team-1/9781736720493"