Skinny House-A Memoir of Family is a true story of perseverance in the face of ruin and a glimpse into the past of the inventive, remarkable people who gracefully ‘made it’ despite overwhelming societal and financial hurdles. It is a granddaughter’s story about the grandfather she never met and the famous house he built in Mamaroneck, New York. The author weaves the legacy of Nathan Seely—an ambitious carpenter who establishes a company in 1923.

Award(s)

Eric Hoffer Book Awards:Honorable Mention-Grand Prize for Memoir Category and Finalist-da Vinci and First Horizon Awards

Book Website

https://www.skinnyhouse.org

Contributor(s)

Julie E. Seely

Publisher

Skinny House Press

ISBN-13

978-0-9968777-0-1

Publication Date

Jan 30, 2019

Pages

239

Price

$17.95

Tags

#autobiographyandmemoir

#history

Our Review (5 out of 5 stars)

"Skinny House" is the vibrant, complicated story of one family amid the quest for racial equity in America. Julie L. Seely’s family memoir "Skinny House" also tells a broader story about American and African American history. Seely never knew her grandfather, Nathan, but the absence left behind... Read More