The Hundred Story Home: A Journey of Homelessness, Hope, and Healing

A powerful true story about finding faith in yourself and something bigger. The Hundred Story Home leads you on an inspirational journey that begins with a question, “Where are the beds?” and ends with over one hundred formerly homeless people living in homes of their own.
Kathy Izard was a graphic designer, wife, mother of four daughters and volunteer at Charlotte’s Urban Ministry Center when an unlikely meeting with formerly homeless author, Denver Moore, changed the course of her life. Inspired by Denver’s challenge to do more than serve in this soup kitchen, Kathy quit her job to take on what seemed like an unimaginable task in her second half of life—to build housing for Charlotte’s homeless.
Woven together in this motivational story of a call to social action is Kathy’s personal journey to define the meaning of home and her own struggle with faith, family, and fulfillment. Read the book that will not only make you believe you can change the world, it will also end up changing you.

"Kathy Izard tells two compelling stories in one: About her journey toward fulfilling her life's purpose and about Charlotte's journey to finally treating its chronically homeless with compassion and dignity. Each has twists and turns, each has a happy ending, and Izard tells each with a style that will captivate readers far beyond her most natural audience."
Taylor Batten, Editorial Page Editor The Charlotte Observer

"Compelling, inspiring, funny and poignant. . .This is a book about finding your purpose in a meaningful life; it’s about faith and family and friendship. But mostly, it’s a love story: a father’s love, a mother’s love, a daughter’s love and a beautiful, beautiful couple’s love."
Kristin Hills Bradberry, Nonprofit Advisor, Charlotte

"Kathy Izard, the remarkable and unlikely champion of housing for the homeless in Charlotte, gives us another gift – her honest, humble and unforgettable story of the chance encounters and enduring comments that conceived and sustained Moore Place despite repeated setbacks."
Ken Gepfert, a former editor at The Charlotte Observer and Wall Street Journal

"An extremely powerful testament of courage, determination, and generosity. Kathy invites and challenges us to "trust the whisper" of God and to take our own leap of faith. As her story reveals, when we do our lives are mysteriously transformed by God's love."
The Reverend Chip Edens, Rector, Christ Church, Charlotte

"From the beginning of time, I believe it was ordained that Kathy would have a life changing encounter with Denver Moore. He believed that as well. These unexpected encounters with spiritual beings like Denver told in The Hundred Story Home thrill believers and encourage doubters to search. Prepare yourself to be thrilled or to begin searching for your Denver."
Ron Hall, author Same Kind of Different As Me (Movie adaption February 2017), ISBN13: 9780997778403 ISBN10: 0997778407 Material Type: paperback