The fixer upper
1st ed.
Our rough guess is there are 105,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 7 hours and 2 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 14 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Publication
2009 - HarperCollins, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
105,500 words, Guess
Page Count
422 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefixerupper00andr
- ISBN-100060837381
- ISBN-139780060837389
- LibraryThing7742361
- Library of Congress Control Number2008048241
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number262886342
- Better World Books9780060837389
- Open LibraryOL22672294M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3570.R587 F59 2009
- LCCPS3570.R587F59 2009
Description
The delightful New York Times bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one woman's quest to redo an old house . . . and her life.After her boss in a high-powered Washington public relations firm is caught in a political scandal, fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke, unemployed, and homeless. Out of options, she reluctantly accepts her father's offer to help refurbish Birdsong, the old family place he recently inherited in Guthrie, Georgia. All it will take, he tells her, is a little paint and some TLC to turn the fading Victorian mansion into a real-estate cash cow.But, oh, is Dempsey in for a surprise when she arrives in Guthrie. "Bird Droppings" would more aptly describe the moldering Pepto Bismol–pink dump with duct-taped windows and a driveway full of junk. There's also a murderously grumpy old lady, one of Dempsey's distant relations, 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 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.
Description
In the crosshairs of a political bribery investigation, Dempsey Jo Killebrew suddenly finds herself unemployed and the victim of a sleazy smear campaign by her former boss. Dempsey decides to take up her father's offer of flipping a recently inherited family home in Guthrie, Ga., where she quickly slides into the renovation groove, fits in with the locals, and embarks on a romance.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- The fixer upper
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!