Kimberly Rae Miller has written a thoughtful and touching account of her life as the child of loving, supportive parents who also struggled with hoarding. From the outside, her life in a working-class community on Long Island probably seemed typical to most of the people around her–because even as a young girl, Miller put tremendous effort into creating that impression to protect her family. In fact, she lived in homes that were packed to the brim with papers, broken appliances, and more–homes in which the […]
There’s More than What You See on A & E
CANNONBALL! I am actually in the middle of two other books, both of which would have been a fine way to reach the milestone of my third cannonball read. But I picked this up at the library before a camping trip this weekend and didn’t want to put it down. So it seems to be a fitting choice for review #52. Author Kimberly Rae Miller was raised by two loving parents, one of whom is a hoarder, and the other who has, at times, been […]
This book gave me hives
Kimberly Rae Miller and I could NOT have had more different childhoods. I have a neat freak mother who instilled in me a fear of clutter and mess at a young age. OCD runs through my family, and while I have a lot of minor tendencies towards it, I have an aunt who’s house is spotless as a result of her brain not allowing her to stop cleaning. When I get anxious or angry, I clean or throw things away. It’s the best way for me […]
Clean Sweep
Another book I borrowed from Badkittyuno but somehow managed to write my review first. This means I get to tell you about our Uncle Frank before she does too. When I was about 10 my family and I went up to Chicago; my uncle had fallen, he never had people over and all our family had migrated out of Illinois years ago- it was his dog who woke him up. While he was in the hospital my parents had to clean his house, the house […]