House
by Tracy Kidder
LTF Stock #: 000421
Tracy Kidder’s nonfiction classic follows a Massachusetts couple, a young architect, and a crew of builders as they bring a house from blueprint to reality. Through day-to-day decisions—from framing and wiring to budgets, delays, and design debates—Kidder chronicles the craft, conflict, pride, and problem-solving that shape the finished home. The narrative reveals how personalities collide and collaborate on site; how codes, materials, and weather force trade-offs; and how craftsmanship and communication determine quality as much as money. Both intimate and technical, House becomes a study in American work and aspiration, showing why every house reflects the people who make it. It’s part process documentary, part human story, and an enduring primer on how houses get built—and why it matters. (Houghton Mifflin, 1985; Mariner reprint 1999; ~352 pp.)
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