| Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean about Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding Contributor(s): Sholl, Jessie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439192529 ISBN-13: 9781439192528 Publisher: Gallery Books OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010042872 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.23" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-Wi - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating look at compulsive hoarding by a woman whose mother suffers from the disease. To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent state of unease. Because if my mother is one of those crazy junk-house people, then |
Contributor Bio(s): Sholl, Jessie: - Jessie Sholl's essays and stories have appeared in national newspapers and journals. She is coeditor of the nonfiction anthology Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic and a contributor to EverydayHealth.com. She holds an MFA from The New School University, where she currently teaches creative writing. |