To build a house. It is one of those nearly universal dreams, like falling love. And like falling in love, it is fraught with complication.
In this luminous book, Tracy Kidder follows the construction of a new house from gleam-in-the-eye to moving day. We get to know the ambitious owners, the architect who gives form to their dreams, the carpenters who pound the nails. Kidder delves into their lives and weaves their stories together in this portrait of a project that is the modern expression of an age-old ritual.