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A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City

By Drew Philp
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Unabridged — 8 hours, 53 minutes
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By Drew Philp
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Unabridged — 8 hours, 53 minutes
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A young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it-and his new neighborhood-to its original glory in this “deeply felt, sharply observed personal quest to create meaning and community out of the fallen...A standout” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, decides to live where he can make a difference. He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread ...