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.
ERICA BAUERMEISTER is the bestselling author of four novels- The School of Essential Ingredients,Joy for Beginners,The Lost Art of Mixing, andThe Scent Keeper.She is also the coauthor of500 Great Books by Women- A Reader's GuideandLet'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.
Named a "Best Book of 2020" by Real Simple
Washington State Book Award Finalist
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller
“One part investigation of architecture and design, one part
exploration of identity, House Lessons is a meditation on space and
home, and Bauermeister is a Zen master of the self.”
—Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game
“Almost anyone who’s ever let heart rule head will nod, at the very
least, at the stories that a 100-year-old house in Port Townsend,
Washington, evokes. In her memoir of falling in love with a house,
novelist Bauermeister details every cranny, cove, and piece of
plaster...This will resonate with any readers who love words and
old houses.”
—Booklist, starred review
“...a family memoir, a primer of architectural theories and a study
of how people relate to their spaces. Fans of [Bauermeister's] four
novels know [she] has a keen appreciation of the senses—savoring
food in The School of Essential Ingredients, the art of fragrance
in The Scent Keeper. She demonstrates that same respect for the
renovation.”
—Shelf Awareness
“Erica Bauermeister’s latest book is a thoughtful, entertaining
memoir of the time she and her family spent renovating the mother
of all fixer-uppers...Bauermeister has given us a skeleton key to
unlock ideas about self and space and place...”
—Christian Science Monitor
“This beautifully written memoir is for anyone who has wondered
where home is and how to find it, fix it, love it, and leave it for
later as well. We are lucky to be along for the ride.”
—Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How
It Always Is
“This deeply moving story of an epic home renovation pulls
essential life lessons from the logistics of plaster removal and
pipe fitting and moves effortlessly across time and topic to
find moments of reflection, optimism, and love in the most
unlikely of places.”
—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last
Romantics and The House Girl
“Intimate and gracefully told, here is the irresistible story of a
house and a family in transmutation.”
—Rikki Ducornet, author of The Deep Zoo
“Reading House Lessons is itself like walking through a beloved old
home, where strange treasures and beautiful eccentricities reveal
themselves around every corner. Generous and artful, this is a
hard-won story of the work that goes into building a
life.”
—Molly Wizenberg, bestselling author of A Homemade Life
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