{"product_id":"9781845135188-miss-savidge-moves-her-house","title":"Miss Savidge Moves Her House","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tale of an extraordinary, maverick woman and her even more remarkable achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’             s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’              Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story featured not only in the Daily Mail but also Hello magazine –              and quickly sold out two printings. Now it is re-launched in paperback under a new title to highlight its appeal as the tale of an extraordinary, maverick woman and her even more remarkable achievement.\u003cbr\u003e May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire. When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout, May decided she had to move –              but so did the house. So she had the whole thing dismantled and shipped to the North Norfolk coast…              and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it, single-handed. Her fame spread around the world. Antiques Roadshow broadcast, unprecedentedly, two features about her house.\u003cbr\u003e Now her niece, Christine Adams, who inherited May’             s house and completed it –              at the cost of her own marriage - tells her aunt’             s life story from the voluminous diaries and letters she left behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christine Adams now runs a Bed and Breakfast in May Savidge’             s old house in Norfolk. Michael McMahon is also the co-author of My Friend the Enemy (978 1 84513 316 0).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31889845977185,"sku":"9781845135188","price":9.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36463833_3f69b355-2e29-4e09-b14a-dfd78a3271c8.jpg?v=1759991958","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781845135188-miss-savidge-moves-her-house","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}