Rise

<p>The magnificent true story of a woman who after losing everything found a way to heal and build a new life</p><p><br></p><p>Cara Brookins escaped an abusive marriage with four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one she did something incredible.</p><p><br></p><p>Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew composed of her four children.</p><p><br></p><p>It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing together anything bigger than a bookshelf she and her kids poured concrete framed the walls and laid bricks for their two-story five-bedroom house. She had convinced herself that if they could build a house they could rebuild their broken family.</p><p><br></p><p>This must-read memoir traces one family's rise from battered victims to stronger better versions of themselves all through one extraordinary do-it-yourself project.</p>