Zen (and Rage) and the Art of the Never-Ending Home Renovation

Marcia Formica's book, "Zen (and Rage)" is knocking it out of the park!
First place—Humor, Royal Dragonfly
Honorable Mention —Relationships, Royal Dragonfly
Honorable Mention —Self-Help/Inspirational, Royal Dragonfly
Second place—Best Cover Design, Royal Dragonfly
Honorable Mention—Memoir, Royal Dragonfly
Honorable Mention—New Author: Nonfiction , Royal Dragonfly

Marcia Formica’s “Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation” has been honored as a finalist in the non-fiction, cross-genre category in the American Book Fest’s Big Book Award contest.

“An ambitious project deftly recalled with precision and levity.”
—Kirkus Reviews, March, 2022

“Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation,” by Marcia E. Formica is a 2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Cross Genre!
Zen (and Rage) and the Art of a Never-Ending Home Renovation is Marcia Formica’s first, and perhaps forever only book. It’s a humorous and sometimes harrowing account of surviving and even thriving through a decade-long home renovation project co-produced with her husband. This is the story of the monumental project they undertook to morph their adorable little colonial reproduction home into an energy-efficient, sustainability-minded house over twice the size in just over three times the original timeframe—with almost no lasting loss of sanity.

Marcia’s vivid, deeply self-aware, portrait of marriage and resiliency, Zen and rage, family and friendship, is by turns poignant and funny—and sometimes both at once. It’s down-to-earth and relatable, even if you don’t have a spouse with the talents of her husband.

Part memoir, part how-to, and part self-help, with consistent doses of humor, this guide will teach you much about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of energy-efficient home renovation, and even a few pointers for fostering your own Zen when your world is full of chaos.