Many Hands Make Light Work is the rollicking true story of a family of nine children growing up in the college town of Ames, Iowa in the ā60s and ā70s. Inspiring, full of surprises, and laugh-out-loud funny, this utterly unique family champions diversity and inclusion long before such concepts become cultural flashpoints.
Cheryl and her siblings are the offspring of an eccentric professor father and unflappable mother. Mindful of their ever-expanding familyās need for cash, her parents begin acquiring tumbledown houses in campus-town, to renovate and rent. Dad, who changes out of his suit and tie into a carpenterās battered white overalls, like Clark Kent into Superman, is supremely confident his offspring can do anything, whether heās there or not. Mom, an organizational genius disguised as a housewife, manages nine children so deftly that she finds the timeāand heartāto take in student boarders, who stir their own offbeat personalities into this unconventional household. The kids, meanwhile, pour concrete, paint houses, and, at odd moments, break into song, because instead of complaining, they sing as they work, like a von Trapp family in painters caps.
Free-wheeling and contagiously cheerful,
Many Hands Make Light Work is a winsome memoir of a Heartland childhood unlike any other.
This book title, Many Hands Make Light Work (A Memoir), ISBN: 9781631526282, by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy, published by She Writes Press (August 6, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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