Title: Rise
Description: "After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children. It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing together anything bigger than a bookshelf, she and her kids poured concrete, framed the walls and laid bricks for their two story, five bedroom house. She had convinced herself that if they could build a house, they could rebuild their broken family" -- provided by publisher.
Subjects: American Women authors, Family, House construction, Divorced mothers, American Authors, Biography, Women authors, Women, united states, biography, Single mothers, Brookins, Cara, Brookins, Cara -- Family, Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography, Women authors, American -- Biography, Divorced mothers -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography, House construction -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
Places: Arkansas, Little Rock
People: Cara Brookins
Time periods: 21st century