House Audiobook

" Carpenters, construction--how interesting could it be? Endlessly. Kidder spins an epic tale about the building of his house. Anyone who's been through the process or dreams of starting from scratch with a fresh set of blueprints will enjoy. "

" I love this peak inside the workings of home building, all the emotions mixed up in sawdust. "

" Everybody and everything concerned with a home build from planning to move-in. All the decisions, emotions, conflicts, resolutions. Only Tracy Kidder could make this compelling... "

" The first nonfiction book I ever read by choice . . . 25 years ago, I was in college, and I was completely riveted. "

" A book you can read before tackling something yourself or before working with others. It's about management, but it's not a management handbook. It's about getting what you want, but it's not a negotiation manual. It's definitely not about a house. It's about a project and the journey one goes through to see it completed. Still, it also provides a different perspective of the places where you and I spend more hours than anywhere else in the world. Did you ever think of the nameless, faceless men who financed, designed, and built the house you are in right now? I never did until I read Kidder's book. I could see myself reading this one again someday. "

" Interesting topic, but it drags a lot "

" Absolutely lovely "

" If you ever have any inclination to have a house built, you must read this book. I read it when it was originally released and enjoyed it greatly. Kidder weaves in many stories and it's all fascinating. "

" This nonfiction book that reads like a novel filled me with fear (and elation) about building our own "house." "

" A couple builds their house in Amherst, Massachusetts. Comforting, interesting bedtime reading. "

" Oh hot damn, this is a good book. I want to be a carpenter "

" A great nonfiction writer and a great chronicle of a common process--trying to build a house with an architect and contractors. Sounds boring but Kidder makes it all very interesting. "

" Not a bad read but I did not enjoy this as much as Soul or Mountains. "

" Maybe I would have enjoyed the book more if it was written more recently. It is hard to be sympathic to the contractors and building owners when charge orders are just $700. I'd be curious to read an update on how much houses haave grown in size and quantity of builidng materials. "

" It's a good book. For this style of writing, I'm most fond of John McPhee. Kidder has a couple terrible lines in this book, but on the whole it reads quite well. I will have other comments to make on this book this summer, when my kitchen renovation/expansion is complete. "

" An intimate, informative narrative of the construction of a house as seen from the perspectives of the owners, architect, and builders. As one who is considering building a house, I found realistic and sobering. "

" I wanted to like this book more than I did. I ended up really disliking the home owners and I found the lack of photographs disappointing. "

" A house is a complicated thing. To build or to buy. I got bored with all the details. But did learn something about building in 1982 on the East Coast. "

" How much do I care about home construction? Not at all. But this look at the human part of the story is fascinating. "

" how three people can see a situation so differently "

" I loved seeing the process of building a House from the perspective of the architect, builder and owner. Even if the owners are a little full of themselves. "

" Before the days of reality TV Kidder began writing about real life - this one follows a couple and their architect and contractor as they design and build their dream home. Good! "

" Fascinating. Kidder manages to extract something essential from very simple activities known as work... "

" I read this decades ago but I loved it. The story of the building of one house told by three different parties, the owner, the architect and the contractor. "