Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved A Woman Moves a House to Make a Home

When Kate Whouley saw the classified ad for an abandoned vacation cottage, she began to dream. Transport the cottage through four Cape Cod towns. Attach it to my three-room house. Create more space for my work and life. Smart, single, and self-employed, Kate was used to fending for herself. But she wasn't prepared for half the surprises, complications, and self-discoveries of her house-moving adventure. Supported by friends and family, and egged on by Egypt, her bossy gray cat, Kate encountered a parade of town officials, a small convoy of State Police, and an eccentric band of house-movers, carpenters, and tradesmen. She found herself dancing on the edge of the gender divideinfatuated with trucks, cranes, tools, construction terms, and a dreamy mason who teaches her the history of concrete. Sketched with a deft hand and told with an open heart, Cottage for Sale is a deeply personal story that captivates, inspires, and delights. In one remarkable year, Kate moved a cottage and created a home. Once you cross the threshold, you'll never want to leave.

Kate Whouley is a writer and bookstore consultant. She is the author of two books: Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved and Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words. Whouley lives in a house-and-cottage on Cape Cod.