The Magnolia Story

The whole book is available in eBook format, along with a special extra chapter written by Chip and Joanna that isn't in the hardcover copy!

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The dynamic husband-and-wife combo Chip and Joanna Gaines, the stars of HGTV's Fixer Upper, are now associated with these well-known phrases. While the suspense around this subject saturates the media, their hordes of admirers keep growing and posing many queries, such as—Who are these people?What is the key to their accomplishments? And does Chip have that much humour in real life? Beyond merely being the stars of Fixer Upper, Chip and Joanna have transformed lives by remodelling houses in Waco, Texas, and doing it in such a charming and captivating manner that they have become America's new best friends.

Chip and Joanna's debut book, The Magnolia Story, gives their admirers a close-up view of their shared existence. From their very first joint remodelling job to the endeavour that almost broke them, from their earliest childhood memories to the detours that brought them to their current shared existence on the farm.

They were both students at Waco's Baylor University. But it wasn't until Chip checked his vehicle into the neighbourhood Firestone tyre store—where Joanna was employed as a counter clerk—that their paths crossed. Chip was a serial entrepreneur even back then, having owned and operated a lawn care business, sold pyrotechnics, and even flipped homes. They soon got hitched and moved into their first fixer-upper. After four kids and many restorations, Joanna catches the eye of a TV producer who comes across her work on a blog one day.

Fans of The Magnolia Story will at last be able to go behind the scenes with the Gaines and learn:

-The moment Chip hurried to the grocery store and neglected to bring his newborn, who was asleep -Joanna's heartbreaking choice to give up her ideal career in order to devote herself to raising their kids -Joanna's eureka moment comes when she realises that Chip has purchased a houseboat without doing any research and it turns out to be a leaking disaster.Horrifying accounts of the highs and lows of an enterprising couple's financesRecollections and images from Chip and Jo's nuptialsThe meaning of the name "magnolia" and the reason it penetrates everything they doThe way the pair supports Waco along the road, shares the success with others, and advances Fixer Upper's notoriety

Fans of the programme are still left with one unanswered issue, though: Is Chip really that funny? "Oh yeah," Joanna responds. "He was my first fixer-upper and he still is."