Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady

By:

Sign Up Now! Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. Learn about membership options, or view our freely available titles.

Synopsis
A heartfelt coming-of-age memoir about taking the unbeaten path, owning a home, and holding it all—including yourself—together.Detouring from the traditional timeline of marriage-kids-house, twenty-six-year-old Vikki Warner skips straight to homeownership. She buys a downtrodden three-story house in Providence, Rhode Island, and suddenly finds herself responsible for a rotating cast of colorful tenants. Adulthood comes with unforeseen challenges: backed-up sewage, gentrification, global economic downturn. A candid portrait of how sharing space profoundly reshapes our lives, and forces us to grow into ourselves.&“Forget the marriage plot; 26-year-old Warner is after a plot of land…. [An] ebullient memoir.&”—O, The Oprah Magazine&“Refreshingly original reading.&”—Kirkus Reviews&“A thoughtful meditation on communal living and urban identity…. Quirky and fun.&”—The Providence Monthly&“Wry, smart, personal, and pretty damn punk rock.&”—Kate Schatz, author of Rad Women Worldwide&“Cheers to Vikki Warner, whose tenacious and inspiring coming-of-age story gives voice to a new generation of independent women and grown-ass boss ladies.&”—Margot Kahn, coeditor of This is the Place&“Full of color, life, and that special type of real, earned wisdom that only comes with taking risks and trusting completely in your own young self.&”—Kate Bolick, author of Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own&“An ode to the messiness of life, Tenemental is the incredibly raw, touching, and laugh-out-loud story of a woman figuring out how to get by in the world.&”—Emma Ramadan, co-owner of Riffraff Bookstore
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
280 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781936932221
Related ISBNs:
9781936932214
Publisher:
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The Feminist Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Home and Garden
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

Reviews

No Rating Yet