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Summary: A delightful Cape Cod tale of home improvement
Review: If you think the only thing more tedious than initiating a building project is to read about someone else undertaking one, then you need to pick up this book to change your mind. Kate Whouley shares with us an experience full of excitement, possibility, drama, finance, frustration, spirituality, and above all, friendship and humor.The first task is to figure out how to move a cottage from one town to another. The second is to take care of the extensive interior work that will unite an existing house to its cottage addition. Woven in and around it all are the plans and official paperwork that must be filed with the proper authorities. Though the originally simple thought of attaching the two structures becomes more complicated as the weeks go by, the author has a support staff of friends and local artisans who keep her spirits high and keep making construction progress. And of course the whole operation is supervised by Egypt, the resident cat-in-charge. The eight pages of b&w photos barely cover all the stages of the project, but Whouley's descriptive prose more than makes up for the lack of additional visuals. By the last page, you know her home almost as well as she does. A fun and fast book to read, even if you don't know your flathead from a Phillips, and especially if you're thinking of enlarging your own home. An "Under the Tuscan Sun" (the book, not the movie) set on an American shore.
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Summary: A memoir of discovery!
Review: In two words, it is irresistibly readable. I was immediately hooked by the author's ease of recapturing the process of the journey, and the vivid dialogue of the story's principal character. Not many of us are so bold as to move a cottage or follow a dream. The author has given us a highly understandable and dramatic account of one woman's commitment, struggle and passion for a dream. I'm personally inspired. This is a woman worth knowing. I highly recommend.
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