NESTING: Tales of Love, Life, and Real Estate
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000H2N5VM |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In ``Ghost in the Attic,'' a spirit who doesn't seem to share their tastes in interior design haunts Frank and Mimi, a young couple renovating his deceased grandmother's house. Syndicated advice columnist Wyse, author of books of both fiction and nonfiction (Seconds, 1990, etc.), shamelessly crosses the thin line between real sentiment and crass sentimentality in prose so squishy it makes Hallmark read like Mamet. All rights reserved.. From Kirkus Reviews A collection of vignettes, essays, and poetry organized around a central theme: Home is where the schmaltz is. As she examines the radical notion that a house is more than a building, she not only tells a few of her own tales, but also
"A wonderful book!" according to A Customer. Nesting is a wonderful book -- Lois Wyse really captures what home means. All of the stories and poems are delightful, and I especially loved the one called "The Most Beautiful House in the World." I plan to give copies of this book to at least five people on my list this Christmas.
And so we turn to this delightful celebration of adorable honeymoon cottages, rotten first apartments, houses to remember (and forget), mortgaged mansions -- and that warm place in the heart we call home. With short and sweet stories exploring both the emotional importance of home and the practical dramas of houses -- their quaint charms and their mysterious plumbing -- Nesting helps each of us remember that, after all, there's no place like home.. Here are all the paths to our dream housesand to the lives and loves we make there. A place to call homefew ideas conjure up such a heartfelt sense of contentment, security, and simple happiness. It's been said that no woman ever met a man or a house she couldn't make over, but this wise little book shows us that what we are really making over is ourselves. As bestselling author Lois Wyse reminds us, each time we move, we set about finding a home for our hearts -- and therein lies the true art of nesting. With her trademark humor and insight, Lois Wyse has written a moving collection of stories, anecdotes, and poems that reminds us of the life lessons we learn as we repaint, refurnish, and redecorate in search of a place to settle down