The House on Teacher's Lane

The bestselling author of Riding the Bus with My Sister shares an illuminating and beautifully woven memoir about the unexpected ways a home renovation can repair a heart.. When Rachel Simon and her architect husband begin to renovate their house on Teacher''s Lane she braces herself for the ups and downs that often accompany such projects. But to her surprise as the old walls fall and new paint appears she is propelled into a transformative journey as she confronts forgotten memories and repairs fractured bonds with those closest to her. This compassionate and humorous book shimmers with insights into the healing power of forgiveness the struggle to find meaning and purpose the compatibility of imperfection and happiness and the ways that lost relationshipswith friends parents siblings spouse and even selfcan be rekindled. . Fans of Riding the Bus with My Sister and new readers alike will be drawn to Simon''s masterful storytelling and profoundly life-affirming tale. Her story will resonate with anyone who''s ever experienced the most universal human emotionlove in its many formsand wrestled with its hardest questions.