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Eastern Kentucky was author Nina L. Cornett Gosser’s home foralmost the first eleven years of her life. That was long enough for thebeautiful mountains to have built her. The mountains are in her bloodand will be who she is for the rest of her life. In The House That BuiltMe, Gosser shares the story of the journey that made her who she istoday and brought her to this time and place.In this memoir, she narrates the history of her large, poor family andhow they found the love, safety, and comfort the Appalachian Mountainsoffered. This family’s story illustrates how survival and thriving arepossible with the power of a strong mother, hard work, and, most ofall, the power of God.The House That Built Me harkens back to when times were simple buthard, chronicling the story of a single mother raising twelve childrenwith no income source in an extremely harsh environment.