At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

the drainage, the soil, the bloom sequence, the terraces, and how the rain garden protected the corner house from runoff. Lisa listened not as a real estate agent, but as a daughter finally meeting a part of her mother she had ignored.

“This is professional work,” Lisa said.

Edith smiled.

“Your father said the same thing.”

Kevin crouched beside a dry-stacked continue reading …