{"product_id":"sugarhouse-matthew-batt-9780547634531","title":"Sugarhouse: Turning the Neighborhood Crack House Into Our Home Sweet Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn improbably funny account of how the purchase and restoration of a disaster of a fixer-upper saves a young marriage \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a season of ludicrous loss tests the mettle of their marriage, Matthew Batt and his wife decide not to call it quits. They set their sights instead on the purchase of a dilapidated house in the Sugarhouse section of Salt Lake City. With no homesteading experience and a full-blown quarter-life crisis on their hands, these perpetual grad students\/waiters\/nonprofiteers decide to seek salvation through renovation, and do all they can to turn a former crack house into a home. Dizzy with despair, doubt, and the side effects of using the rough equivalent of napalm to detoxify their house, they enter into full-fledged adulthood with power tools in hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeartfelt and joyous, \u003cem\u003eSugarhouse \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of how one couple conquers adversity and creates an addition to their family, as well as their home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Batt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0547634536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547634531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2012 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2012 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2012","brand":"Matthew Batt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920179364095,"sku":"9780547634531","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f5c41697-60eb-4c98-91ea-1565a9960cde.jpg?v=1680813979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sugarhouse-matthew-batt-9780547634531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}