Melinda, an aspiring artist with a dead-end job, lives in the city with Colum, who is pursuing his PhD. Escaping her privileged upbringing, Melinda is deeply critical of her family's business "building suburban bungalows for the moral majority." When Melinda's brother, Jeremy, comes to the city for the Home Builders' convention, he brings shocking news that will change all three of their lives.

As they all try to cope with unfinished family business, Melinda must make the most dramatic choices of all. Caught between her artistic dreams and her family's demands to take over the business, she must now find her own place in the world.

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The Behaviour of Houses is a story about finding your voice. It deals with that period in your mid twenties when you have to face up to where you come from - and decide where you're really heading. It explores the awkward space between what someone says and what they really do.

Melinda is the daughter of a real estate developer who is running from her past. Colum is a PhD student trying to make his own place in the world and create the family life he never had. Jeremy is Melinda's younger brother. His wild side hides how much he wants to protect those he cares about.