num_pages: 436
description:  The delightful New York Times bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one woman's quest to fix up her house . . . and her life After a political scandal fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke unemployed and homeless. She reluctantly accepts to refurbish Birdsong the old family place in Guthrie Georgia. But oh is Dempsey in for a surprise. Bird Droppings would more aptly describe the moldering Pepto Bismol pink dump. There's also a murderously grumpy old lady who has claimed squatter's rights and isn't moving out. Ever. Furthermore everyone in Guthrie seems to know Dempsey's business from a smooth-talking real-estate agent to a cute former lawyer who owns the local newspaper. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the pesky FBI agents who show up on Dempsey's doorstep hoping to pry information about her ex-boss from her. All Dempsey can do is roll up her sleeves and get to work. And before long what started as a job of necessity somehow becomes a labor of love and ultimately a journey that takes her to a place she never expected back home again. 
language: English
title: The Fixer Upper
publisher: HarperCollins e-books; Reprint edition