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Description of  Which House is Mine Again? 80 Questions I Never Had 'til I Moved to a Subdivision

Julie Wheaton had lived in tract houses for ten years when she came across a phrase that worried her: Architecture influences behavior. Would her kids turn out different somehow for being raised in a cookie-cutter house instead of a custom house? No. The kids were fine, but Julie was another story. Which House is Mine Again? tells how one woman tweaked cookie-cutter culture to suit her sensibilities. Set mostly in Southern California, this memoir of mastering a master-planned community lays out Julies odd rationales, her clever workarounds, and the ridiculous descriptions builders dream up to sell tract houses, like harmonious floor plans or a generous array of standard features." Read more