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This is a good book, but it flips between families that have owned the home that you have to really pay attention. I loved the book just have to go back and read it again. ( )

This is a good book, but it flips between families that have owned the home that you have to really pay attention. I loved the book just have to go back and read it again. ( )

The house on a main road in Shaker Heights was built in the early 1920. The land was originally owned by the Shakers, a religious Christian group that had lived there in the 1800s. The area had been home to the entire community and was part of the Underground Railway during slavery times.

Eventually, the population diminished greatly (it practiced celibacy and relied on conversions) and those remaining moved out. The city prospered and became very desirable for its liberal and higher income reputation.

But the house, Rawlingsworth, built in 1922, after the Shakers left, had its own history. There were stories about it being haunted. Families broke up; children died. When the Martins saw it, it needed a lot of repair work. The place had been foreclosed and was a mess inside (trash on the floors, writing on the walls) but the price was too good to pass up. The parents and their son, Hunter, moved in and immediately got to work fixing it up. heard strange noises at times. A light was often shining in the attic; food disappeared from the refrigerator. School was out and he wasn’t able to meet other students his age.

NO ONE’S HOME jumps back and forth in time to the eras of the previous owners and is sometimes confusing. The beginning of the book lists the names of the owners and the dates when they lived there. It also includes floor plans both before and after the renovation. While well written, some of the story is rather implausible. E.g., I would think a real estate agent would do at least a basic cleanup of the property before showing it. ( )