# The Barn House: Confessions of an Urban Rehabber

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**Created:** [July 24, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-house-confessions-of-an-urban-rehabber/457626 "2008-07-24T16:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-house-confessions-of-an-urban-rehabber/457626/1 "2008-07-24T16:05:52Z")

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Any advance information on [the upcoming book by the one and only Ed Zotti](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Barn-House/Ed-Zotti/e/9780451225573)?

Can I get an advance copy?

Can I get it autographed?

Does it have to be Ed Zotti’s autograph (kidding, I kid I kid)?

Is this going to be a doper must-read?

Are copies going to fly like snowflakes during the next “White Elephant Exchange”?

Any links to previous threads that my Search-In-300-Second-Intervals did not uncover or am I on top?

Will **Happy Scrappy Hero Pup** trade you a copy of this book for a ball cap?

So many questions… so many questions.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-house-confessions-of-an-urban-rehabber/457626/2 "2008-07-24T20:12:32Z")

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That looks like a pretty entertaining read. Appropriately, I “rahabbed” a room of our house into a library not too long ago and finally found the perfect, comfy leather wingbacks to move in. This might be just the right first book to settle in with some rainy evening and break the room in proper.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-house-confessions-of-an-urban-rehabber/457626/3 "2008-07-25T14:07:44Z")

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So that’s a no then?

Ok, I’ll wait 'till September.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-house-confessions-of-an-urban-rehabber/457626/4 "2008-08-28T02:31:02Z")

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Bumping this because the book will be available starting Tuesday.

And it’s excerpted in the _Reader_: [http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/barnhouse/](http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/barnhouse/)

And there’s a book signing in Chicago Thursday, September 4:

Zotti signs copies at Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster, Thursday, September 4, 7:30 PM. He’s also scheduled to discuss the book with Milt Rosenberg on WGN (720 AM) at 7 PM Sunday, September 7.

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