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

by Julie Wheaton

Julie Wheaton had lived in tract houses for ten years when she came across a phrase that worried 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 Julie’s 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.”

Told in vibrant, funny, and razor-sharp anecdotes, this guided tour of sardine-packed subdivisions reveals who’s lying when friends say they’re “building a house,” the pranks that neighbors play, and the terms that truly describe sprawl-town life, such as welcome wall, guessed suite, and college-prep bedroom.

171 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2021

Reviews

[Willie · Rating 5 out of 5]

AuthorJulie Wheaton
Takes you on journey with her as she sardonically pulverizes our human vulnerability to buy buy and buy more into housing developers marketing schemes that exploit our fragile desires and hopes.
The net result. A wholesome ground on witch we remember “There is no place like Home”(PI). San Diego dreaming or anywhere, we need humility to stay grounded and must not loose the ability laugh at ourselves.
An extraordinary mirror into our vulnerable selfs, very humorous if you haven’t lost the ability to laugh at yourself.