Under one roof
Subtitle: how a tough old woman in a little old house changed my life
By: Barry Martin, Philip Lerman
Contributors: Lerman, Philip, author
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007543021; 9780007543045
Subjects: Social life and customs; Older women; Conduct of life; Homes; Social aspects; Real estate development; Homes and haunts; Friends and associates; Manners and customs; Friendship; Biography
Description: "The heart-warming true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building a shopping mall on top of her home. Edith Macefield achieved folk hero status in 2006 when she turned down $1 million to sell her home to make way for a commercial development in a small neighborhood of Seattle. It didn't matter that her tiny house was surrounded by rubble and graffiti. It was home. Barry Martin respected that, and when he took the job as construction supervisor for the shopping mall that was being erected around Edith's little house, he determined to make things as easy as he could for her."--Publisher's description.