Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation - Marcia E. Formica

Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation

By: Marcia E. Formica

Paperback | 21 December 2021

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Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation is Marcia Formica's first, and perhaps forever only book. It's a humorous and sometimes harrowing account of surviving and even thriving through a decade-long home renovation project co-produced with her husband. This is the story of the monumental project they undertook to morph their adorable little colonial reproduction home into an energy-efficient, sustainability-minded house over twice the size in just over three times the original timeframe-with almost no lasting loss of sanity.

 

Marcia's vivid, deeply self-aware, portrait of marriage and resiliency, Zen and rage, family and friendship, is by turns poignant and funny-and sometimes both at once. It's down-to-earth and relatable, even if you don't have a spouse with the talents of her husband.

 

Part memoir, part how-to, and part self-help, with consistent doses of humor, this guide will teach you much about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of energy-efficient home renovation, and even a few pointers for fostering your own Zen when your world is full of chaos.












Industry Reviews

Marcia Formica's book, "Zen (and Rage)" is knocking it out of the park!


*First place-Humor, Royal Dragonfly

*Honorable Mention -Relationships, Royal Dragonfly

*Honorable Mention -Self-Help/Inspirational, Royal Dragonfly

*Second place-Best Cover Design, Royal Dragonfly

*Honorable Mention-Memoir, Royal Dragonfly

*Honorable Mention-New Author: Nonfiction , Royal Dragonfly


Marcia Formica's "Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation" has been honored as a finalist in the non-fiction, cross-genre category in the American Book Fest's Big Book Award contest. Congratulations, Marcia!


http://americanbookfest.com/nonfictionbooks/crossgenrenonfiction.html



"An ambitious project deftly recalled with precision and levity."

-Kirkus Reviews, March, 2022

 

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marcia-e-formica/zen-and-rage-and-the-art-of-a-never-ending-home-re/


"Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation," by Marcia E. Formica is a 2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Cross Genre!

 

https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/team-1/9781736720493

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