{"product_id":"a-mile-in-my-flip-flops-9781400073146","title":"A Mile in My Flip-Flops","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA whimsical look at color swatches, mismatched curtain rods, and the building of relationships, \u003ci\u003eA Mile in My Flip-Flops \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us that it takes faith to renovate the heart, as well as the home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Waterbrook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400073146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.24w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2008 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 78 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e149901 \/ Mile in My Flip-Flops\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melody Carlson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124428243125,"sku":"9781400073146","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d835d5af-6ecb-45cc-bb69-e66f360da501.jpg?v=1694551956","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-mile-in-my-flip-flops-9781400073146","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}