Rise

Cara Brookins is best known as the woman who built a house with her four kids using YouTube tutorials. After sharing story in a best-selling memoir, her story became an overnight viral media sensation and now Brookins is a sought-after keynote speaker trusted by global brands around the world to deliver unconventional advice that inspires action in even the most challenging circumstances. You can find her latest productivity strategies on her website at CaraBrookins.com.

The magnificent true story of a woman who, after losing everything, found a way to heal and build a new lifeCara Brookins escaped an abusive marriage with four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible.Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan, and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew composed of her four children.It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing together anything bigger than a bookshelf, she and her kids poured concrete, framed the walls, and laid bricks for their two-story five-bedroom house. She had convinced herself that if they could build a house, they could rebuild their broken family.This must-read memoir traces one family's rise from battered victims to stronger, better versions of themselves, all through one extraordinary do-it-yourself project.