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“The story of how Karen, Louise and Jean created a successful shared home should encourage everyone who has playfully or seriously said, ‘When we retire, let’s live together.’ Read it, and you may find yourself saying, ‘Why not now?’”

– Annamarie Pluhar, author of Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates

“This wonderful book is a MUST for mature adults interested in responsibly facing the third phase of their lives.”

– Oz Ragland, retired Executive Director of the Cohousing Association, and Instigator of the Cohouseholding Project

“I am so pleased to see a book that gives practical, real-life examples, information, and encouragement for women who wish to live together in a cooperative household. Thank you, Karen, Louise and Jean, for writing this fine book!”

– Joan Medlicott, author of The Ladies of Covington novels

“Important practical advice for anyone considering a shared living arrangement. Readers are invited to explore the balance between private and public space, personal and social time, independence and interdependence, individual financial well being and shared costs.”

– Maria Piantanida, Ph.D., member, Borland Green intentional community, Pittsburgh, PA

“Bright, witty, deeply sane – this is a wonderful book. I defy anyone who starts reading it to put it down. Even the legal stuff is eminently readable, and that is no small praise. I would be proud to call these marvelous ladies my friends.”

– Liz Gilbey, journalist, United Kingdom

“Men, listen up: Keep this book away from your wives. If they find out how much fun it can be to share a home with their friends, we’re history. These three women bought a nicer house than any of them could afford separately and they annoy each other by being too helpful. I fear it’s over for us, boys.”

– Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist, author of The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the Twenty-First Century

“My House Our House combines the best of all worlds in one easy-to-read book for those wanting an alternative housing choice.”

– Marianne Kilkenny, Founder and Grand Nudge, Women for Living in Community

“A must-read for anyone considering cooperative housing. It could well become the Strunk and White of the shared living movement. The book transcends being a mere ‘how to’.”

– John Armstrong, business writer and retired Manager of Public Affairs, U.S. Steel Corp.

“My House Our House thinks outside the box on living options. An engaging, enlightening and inspiring read. I highly recommend this book.”

– Nancy Chubb, Ph.D., M.B.A., psychologist and life coach

“I love this book! It is loaded with practical ideas and insights about how to make cooperative living work.”

– Maureen Murray, national speaker, trainer and coach

“Together, these three feisty, courageous women have created a unique living arrangement that capitalizes on strengths, compensates for weaknesses, furnishes a greatly enhanced quality of life – and serves as a true inspiration for us all!”

– Rita Levine, reporter/writer, mt. lebanon magazine