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Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance. While Darcy is struggling to...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In the humorous, heartfelt new novel by the author of The Next Thing on My List, a personal organizer must somehow convince a reclusive artist to give up her hoarding ways and let go of the stuff she's hung onto for decades.
Lucy Bloom is broke, has been dumped by her boyfriend, and had to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son to drug rehab. Although she's lost it all, she's determined to start over. So when she's offered a high-paying
...Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With vivid portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder, Frost and Steketee explain the causes and outline the often ineffective treatments for the disorder while illuminating the pull that possessions exert on all of us.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Why does Cliff, a successful lawyer who regularly wins landmark cases, step over two-foot piles of paper whenever he opens his front door? Why do Joan and Paul ask Children's Services to take their three children instead of decluttering their home? Why does Lucinda feel intense pressure to hold onto her family's heirlooms even though she has no room for them? They have hoarding disorder, which an estimated 2% to 6% of the adult population worldwide...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic death his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem,...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xii, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Many people who hoard understand the extent of their problem and are open to help. This book is not for them. Digging Out is for the concerned and frustrated friends and family members of people who do not fully accept the magnitude of their hoarding problem and refuse help from others. If you have a friend or loved one with a hoarding problem and are seeking a way to guide him or her to a healthier, safer way of life, this book...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a charming bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. Though they are longtime friends, they've always had a rocky relationship, thanks to her being partly responsible for his most recent breakup. But while they may not always get along, she needs someone to trust with her secrets, and Harley is nothing if not trustworthy and loyal. Katie has always...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff. She rides along with junk removal teams like Trash Daddy,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The extreme cleaning specialist from A&E's TV show "Hoarders" describes the stories of real clients and addresses the physical challenges associated with working the front lines of hoarding, as well as the social issues surrounding the disorder.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Annabelle's mother is a hoarder, and their whole house is full of canned goods, broken toys, fabric, and old newspapers--but when a pile of newspapers (organized by weather reports) falls on Annabelle's younger sister Leslie and their mother is more concerned about the newspapers, it sets off a chain of events that brings their fix-it-all grandmother in and Annabelle realizes that if there is any hope for change she can not isolate...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The once little known condition of hoarding has become a household phrase-- in part due to the popularity of the Emmy Award-- winning television show Hoarders, which has captivated audiences with its stark and heartbreaking look at the people who suffer from this paralyzing condition. Our fascination with hoarding stems, according to Dr. Robin Zasio, from the fact that we all fall somewhere on the hoarding continuum. From compulsive shoppers to hobbyists...
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Shayne looks forward to spending her summers with her grandmother, but she is disappointed when her best friend is more interested in boys than making bracelets, and her grandmother's hobby has become a hoarding problem.
16) Keepsake
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368, 8 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Trish isn't perfect. She's divorced and raising two kids-so of course her house isn't pristine. But she's got all the important things right and she's convinced herself that she has it all under control. That is, until the day her youngest son gets hurt and Child Protective Services comes calling. It's at that moment when Trish is forced to consider the one thing she's always hoped wasn't true: that she's living out her mother's life as a compulsive...
17) Coming clean
Author
Publisher
New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Miller grew up behind the closed doors of her family's idyllic Long Island house, navigating between teetering stacks of aging newspapers, broken computers, and boxes upon boxes of unused junk festering in every room -- the product of her father's painful and unending struggle with hoarding. She brings to life her rat-infested home, her childhood consumed by concealing her father's shameful secret from friends, and the emotional burden that ultimately...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author draws on his experiences as both a hoarder and an investigator to profile subjects ranging from professional decluttering services and anti-hoarding therapy to the brain science behind hoarding and the way clutter affects relationships.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The author returns home to help her mother, a compulsive hoarder, prepare for an upcoming surgery. "Dirty Secret" is a "powerful memoir of confronting her mother's disorder ... in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can't help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn't work. Soon, it's looking less like an accident and more like arson, and Lil and Ada are swept up into an investigation that grows increasingly...
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