Roseanne and her husband took a big risk. Disheartened after several houses slipped out of their grasp, they purchased a home unconditionally.Their present home was sure to sell; it was an attractive house in a good neighbourhood. What could possibly go wrong . . .The author shares with us everything that could and did go wrong. The disappointment of countless open houses; the tyranny of potential buyers; the astonishing insensitivity of neighbours; mid-winter blizzards; two young and active children; aggravating real estate agents and bank managers. Month after month, their anxiety mounted.Roseanne McNeill tells her cliffhanger with humour, insight and a certain enviable detachment.