Under one roof : how a tough old woman in a little old house changed my life
Martin, Barry, 1956-2014
Book
The heart-warming true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building a shopping mall on top of her home. Edith Macefield achieved folk hero status in 2006 when she turned down $1 million to sell her home to make way for a commercial development in a small neighbourhood of Seattle. It didn't matter that her tiny house was surrounded by rubble and graffiti. It was home. Barry Martin respected that, and when he took the job as construction supervisor for the shopping mall that was being erected around Edith's little house, he determined to make things as easy as he could for her.
Main title:
Under one roof : how a tough old woman in a little old house changed my life / Barry Martin with Philip Lerman.
Author:
Martin, Barry, 1956-, authorLerman, Philip, author
Imprint:
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
Collation:
262 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013.
ISBN:
9780007543021 (hbk)
Dewey class:
979.7772044092979.7772 MAR979.7772
Local class:
B MAC
Language:
English
Subject:
Macefield, Edith, 1921-2008Macefield, Edith, 1921-2008 -- Friends and associatesMacefield, Edith, 1921-2008 -- Homes and hauntsMartin, Barry, 1956-Martin, Barry, 1956- -- Friends and associatesReal estate development -- Social aspects -- Washington (State) -- SeattleBallard (Seattle, Wash.) -- Social life and customs
BRN:
1476185