A Mile in My Flip-Flops

Thirty-something Gretchen Hanover is stuck. Seeking solace from a broken heart, she traded her wedding plans for home improvement shows and ice cream--but she knows she can't live on Ben and Jerry's forever. She also knows that her enthusiastic Lab puppy has outgrown her tiny apartment.

The perfect patch for Gretchen's dilapidated plans? She'll become a first-time house-flipper. As ideas go, it's daring and genius. She'll take out a short-term loan, buy a fixer-upper, renovate it, resell it, and use the profit for an adorable house of her own. What could be easier?

But Gretchen's plans to flip quickly flop when the house turns out to be in worse shape than she expected. She is relying on her retired contractor-father, but he wants to draw in his carpenter friend Noah Campbell. And although Noah is handy with tools, Gretchen isn't so sure about the baggage he brings with him. Will she be able to loosen her grip on the tools when it seems Noah may be her only help?

A whimsical look at color swatches, mismatched curtain rods, and the building of relationships, A Mile in My Flip-Flops reminds us that it takes faith to renovate the heart, as well as the home.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Published: 06/17/2008
ISBN: 9781400073146
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.24w x 0.85d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/07/2008 pg. 44
Romantic Times 06/01/2008 pg. 78 - Very Good
Library Journal 06/01/2008 pg. 84
CBA Retailers 06/01/2008 pg. 68

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 149901 / Mile in My Flip-Flops
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13