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Year of no clutter : a memoir / Eve Schaub.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2017]Description: xxviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781492633556
  • 1492633550
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Welcome to Hell -- We begin -- The hoarder -- Problem? what problem? -- Cluttered blood -- We continue to begin -- I hate Edith Piaf -- A good problem to have -- We continue continuing -- Do you want this? -- Like father, like daughter -- What we talk about when we talk about clutter -- Strategies of stuff -- The old heave-ho -- The autobiography rug -- The weirdest things I own -- Everything must go -- It goes so fast -- Are we there yet? -- The room fairy.
Summary: The author explores the hoarding phenomenon as reflected by such cultural examples as Hoarders and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up while sharing the personal story of how she organized a single room in her house that had been overtaken by psychological clutter.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Schaub, E. S313 Available 33111009145505
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "Hell Room," she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary things she can't bring herself to part with- her fifth-grade report card, dried-up art supplies, an old vinyl raincoat.

But what Eve discovers isn't just old CDs and outdated clothing, but a fierce desire within herself to hold on to her identity. Our things represent our memories, our history, a million tiny reference points in our lives. If we throw our stuff in the trash, where does that leave us? And if we don't...how do we know what's really important?

Everyone has their own Hell Room, and Eve's battle with her clutter, along with her eventual self-clarity, encourages everyone to dig into their past to declutter their future. Year of No Clutter is a deeply inspiring-and frequently hilarious - examination of why we keep stuff in the first place, and how to let it all go.

Welcome to Hell -- We begin -- The hoarder -- Problem? what problem? -- Cluttered blood -- We continue to begin -- I hate Edith Piaf -- A good problem to have -- We continue continuing -- Do you want this? -- Like father, like daughter -- What we talk about when we talk about clutter -- Strategies of stuff -- The old heave-ho -- The autobiography rug -- The weirdest things I own -- Everything must go -- It goes so fast -- Are we there yet? -- The room fairy.

The author explores the hoarding phenomenon as reflected by such cultural examples as Hoarders and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up while sharing the personal story of how she organized a single room in her house that had been overtaken by psychological clutter.

Includes bibliographical references.

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