Confessions of a Contractor, Richard Murphy
Confessions of a Contractor, Richard Murphy
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Confessions of a Contractor

Author: Richard Murphy

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2009


Synopsis

Henry Sullivan has spent seventeen years renovating houses for wealthy women in Los Angeles. To distance himself from his clients, and the intimate environments he works in, he has devised a set of rules to keep him out of trouble. Over the course of one very complicated summer, he begins breaking those rules when he takes on the houses and the lives of two very different women who used to be friends. Henry, an unconventional craftsman with a reputation that precedes him, falls for both women, and quickly finds himself erecting an emotional house of cards as he attempts to complete both jobs while piecing together the mysterious events that ended the women’s friendship.Confessions of a Contractor breaks new ground, knocking down the walls of the American home, uncovering the way people behave behind closed doors—and the secrets they shelter within. Candid, amusing, and hugely entertaining, this novel reveals that a good contractor can fix just about any home, but no contractor will ever be able to fix a homeowner.

About Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy has written for New Line Cinema, Sony/Revolution, and Universal Pictures. Before screenwriting, he renovated apartments and houses in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Murphy lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, with his wife, and he is currently in the market to buy a home. Visit his website at www.confessionsofacontractor.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by George on June 30, 2008

It's a great read! I read this over the weekend—and couldn't put it down until I was finished.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 07, 2008

You can read my full review on my blog. Harry Sullivan reads renovations the way a fortune teller reads tea leaves: he can predict the course of your marriage by the tiles you've chosen for the master bath. At the end of a project, when he has been part of your family and had access to your most inti......more

Goodreads review by KrisT on August 09, 2008

Confessions of a Contractor is a fun look into the life of Henry Sullivan, experienced home fixer-upper. With fifteen years of experience Henry knows to seperate work from pleasure. However, he gets caught up in the mystery of a broken friendship between two women who he signs on to do remodel work......more

Goodreads review by David on December 30, 2011

I liked this book. It was a little uneven at points and there were times around the half way point when I found the insider contractor comments a little too cute. But the underlying story of how Henry Sullivan was able to recenter his life during and after a tumultuous Summer was worth reading. Part......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on July 08, 2009

Quick, breezy read -- great for the summer. What takes it from 3 to 4 stars is an insider's perspective on high end remodeling, where money is rarely an object. For all of us HGTV junkies, it is a lot of fun. Also lifting it out of the ordinary is Henry Sullivan, the first person narrator who in an......more