{"product_id":"99-jobs-blood-sweat-and-houses-paperback","title":"99 Jobs: Blood, Sweat, and Houses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Cottonwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe repairs homes. With each job, he enters somebody's private world. Revealing a life. Or changing it. Here's blue collar writing, finely crafted, about good hard work-and some bad work, too. Meet proud carpenters and working-class hippies. Meet clients who flirt, cheat, seduce, fight-and clients who warm your heart. Learn the taste of sewage, the jolt of a live wire. Drive to the emergency clinic with a wooden stake through your hand. Feel the satisfaction of work that is honest, simple, strong-sometimes perfect. \"A house is alive. It breathes. It expands and contracts. It ages. Sometimes it falls sick, and then I'm a doctor of houses. I probe intimate cavities. I study the bones, the nerves, the flesh of an old house where generations of remodels have built upon themselves. The structure tells a story: tragedy, comedy, or heartwarming family drama as day-to-day life slowly, inexorably leaves an imprint over the attic, on the walls, under the sink-or in the crawlspace.\" -From 99 Jobs Ninety-nine stories that are gritty, funny, wise. And always deeply humane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Cottonwood has worked as a carpenter, plumber, and electrician for most of his life. He is the author of nine published novels including \u003ci\u003eFamous Potatoes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClear Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756811157792,"sku":"9780615909448","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b1ba1c11152ee4bdbb77605c3e359415.webp?v=1780087066","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/99-jobs-blood-sweat-and-houses-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}