Salvaged: A Reclaimed Life

Description

Nikki and Erik Halvorson were dedicated to salvage: preserving historical homes and buildings in their Iowa hometown from destruction. Failing that, they would save from the wreckage anything that still had life in it.

The young couple fell in love with a Victorian home they knew had to be theirs. It needed some work, but they were willing to take it on. When they found a staircase in the kitchen that had been closed off from the upper floor, halfway up the steps, it became their dream: open up that staircase, see what story awaited them.

Five years after discovering those hidden, sealed stairs, Erik – with a look of joy and determination – opened it up, and all the dust and debris of the unknown rained down.

Nine months later, all Nikki had left was the debris of the unknown.

“Salvaged: A Reclaimed Life” tells the story of Nikki and Erik’s journey through a childhood as best friends, into a love that was inevitable, toward a future that focused on saving pieces of the past, interrupted by horrifying news that left Nikki to face the future without him. Through the painful years that followed, Nikki’s memories of Erik, paired with love old and new, guided her one step at a time through a rehabilitation of her house and herself.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Nikki Kindred Halvorson
Published: 08/08/2026
Publisher: Red Front Doors
ISBN: 9798995992202
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 0.72″ H x 9.00″ L x 6.00″ W

About the Author
Halvorson, Nikki Kindred: – Nikki Kindred Halvorson has wanted to write and publish a book since she read her very first one. That’s also around the time she knew that she wanted to live in an old house with two red front doors. A lifelong resident of Iowa, Nikki’s love of words and people led her to the career of speech-language pathology. She’s worked with children and young adults to improve their communication skills for over a decade. Her love of learning about the past and historic architecture led her to volunteer for the nonprofit organization Save Cedar Rapids Heritage, where she helps protect local historic assets as board president. Nikki’s writing is deeply impacted by the great amount of love that’s filled her life, widowhood at age thirty-two, and her important personal experiences with redemption.