Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved

Download or read book Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved written by Kate Whouley and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “highly entertaining” memoir of one woman’s “Holy Grail quest” to make a Cape Cod home—and the people, obstacles, and self-discoveries she encountered along the way (Wall Street Journal). When Kate Whouley saw the classified ad for an abandoned vacation cottage, she began to dream: Transport the cottage through four Cape Cod towns. Attach it to my three-room house. Create more space for my work and life. Smart, single, and self-employed, Kate was used to fending for herself. But she wasn’t prepared for half the surprises, complications, and self-discoveries of her house-moving adventure. Supported by friends and family and egged on by her bossy cat, Kate encountered a parade of town officials, a small convoy of State Police, and an eccentric band of house-movers, carpenters, and tradesmen. She found herself dancing on the edge of the gender divide—infatuated with trucks, cranes, tools, construction terms, and a dreamy mason who taught her the history of concrete. In one remarkable year, Whouley moved a cottage and created a home.